Atcheson v. Braniff International Airways
Supreme Court of Missouri
1Opinion of the Court
STOCKARD, Commissioner.
In her suit for $15,000 damages for the wrongful death of her husband, William H. Atcheson, plaintiff has appealed from the judgment entered in favor of Braniff International Airways (hereafter referred to as “Braniff”) and the City of Kansas City after the trial court sustained the respective motions of each defendant for a directed verdict at the end of plaintiff’s evidence.
On August 14, 1956, Mr. Atcheson boarded a two-engine Convair passenger airplane at Tulsa, Oklahoma, to travel on what is termed flight 392 via Kansas City, Missouri, to Minneapolis. He was an…
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