Bergeron v. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, NV

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant’s decedents, who were all citizens and residents of the United States, met their death when an airplane owned and operated by the respondent, a Dutch airline, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Shannon, Ireland, to New York. Libellant brought this action to recover for their alleged wrongful deaths, asserting three separate causes of action as to each decedent. Her first set of claims is based on Section 1 of the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 761, which, if applicable, affords a cause of action under American law. This…