Legal Opinion
O'ROURKE v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided December 14, 1982No. 76-CV-1025PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
BRAMWELL, District Judge.
INTRODUCTION
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Airlines’s ill-fated flight 66 crashed on its final approach to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport. An action was thereafter commenced in June 1976 in this Court by the Public Administrator of Queens County against Eastern Airlines and the United States of America to recover damages for the wrongful death of Alexandras Hadzis, a passenger on the plane.
On January 29, 1982, this Court granted Eastern’s motion for partial summary judgment, holding that Eastern could invoke the damage limitations of the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Maximov v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Edmund J. Smith v. Canadian Pacific Airways, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Bates Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Reed v. WiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Andre Maximov, as Trustee for the Benefit of H. Robbin Fedden U/a Dated 10/24/47 v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Baker v. Lansdell Protective Agency, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Floyd v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- O'Rourke v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- O'rourke v. Eastern Air LinesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984