Legal Opinion
Noel v. United Aircraft Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 24, 1961No. 1781PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAYTON, District Judge.
This is an action based upon negligence wherein the estate of the decedent (plaintiffs) seeks to recover for the decedent’s death which occurred when a Venezuelan airliner on which he was a passenger crashed into the sea more than one marine league off the shore of New Jersey. This suit is not brought against the Venezuelan airline, but against the manufacturer of the propellers with which the ship was equipped.
Some two years after the action was filed and after a great deal of discovery had been had, the plaintiffs moved to amend the complaint by adding a cause of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- The " Scotland"Supreme Court of the United States · 1882
- La BourgogneSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. MellorSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Fernandez v. Linea Aeropostal VenezolanaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Safir v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1965
- Civil Aeronautics Board v. Island Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Hawaii · 1964
- McPherson v. Steamship South African PioneerDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1971
- Noel v. Linea Aeropostal VenezolanaDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Noel v. Linea Aeropostal VenezolanaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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