Legal Opinion
Anita Herman v. Northwest Airlines Inc., and Capital Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 5, 1955No. 152, Docket 23275PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment, summarily dismissing the complaint of a passenger for personal injuries suffered in an airplane. The complaint alleged that the plaintiff bought a ticket from Cleveland to Seattle by airplane, and that she was injured while on the leg of the route between Chicago and Seattle in a plane, owned and operated by the Northwest Airlines Inc. She joined as defendant the Capital Airlines, Inc., which issued the ticket; but as it acted only as an agent for the other company, we disregard it. The ticket contained two limitations; one that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gooch v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Lichten v. Eastern Airlines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
3Cited by18 opinions
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- Joseph Vogelsang and George Schmits, Co-Partners Doing Business Under the Firm Name and Style of White-House Bros. v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Tishman & Lipp, Inc. v. Delta AirlinesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- H. Fendrich, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
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