Legal Opinion
White v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 16, 1970No. 66 Civ. 4045, 67 Civ. 4505PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TYLER, District Judge.
This action arose from a mid-air collision between Eastern Airlines Flight 853 (EAL 853), and Trans World Airlines Flight 42 (TWA 42) over Carmel, New York on December 4, 1965. Plaintiff, Angelus A. White, seeks damages for the wrongful death and personal injury of her decedent, Charles A. White, captain of EAL 853 against TWA and the United States. Her suit was consolidated by order of this court, dated November 20, 1970, with that of Roger I. Holt, co-pilot, and Patricia Skarada Hartman, stewardess aboard the EAL 853 craft. 1 Jurisdiction is based on diversity…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Babcock v. JacksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1963
- Kimbar v. EstisNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Sawyer v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1969
3Cited by6 opinions
- Blessing v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Higginbotham v. Mobil Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Moloney v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- Colditz v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Deal v. United StatesDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1976
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