Legal Opinion
Bush v. United Air Lines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 8, 1956PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PALMIERI, District Judge.
This is an action to recover damages for the wrongful death of a passenger on an airplane owned and operated by the defendant, when it struck a mountain called Medicine Bow Peak in Carbon County, Wyoming, on October 6, 1955. All of the passengers and crew perished in the disaster. The defendant now moves, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) to transfer the action to the District of Wyoming.
The plaintiff's intestate, Dr. James Allen Bush, was a young physician with a career of exceptional promise in research and teaching. At the time of his death, he left surviving him…
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- Belair v. New York, N. H. & H. R.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- Lewis v. American Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
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- Calva v. American Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1959
- United Air Lines, Inc. v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1961
- Matter of the Application of Vincent Cicenia for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Vincent CiceniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
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