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Shortley v. Northwestern Airlines

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided April 17, 1952No. Civ. 3679PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS, District Judge.

This suit, by the male plaintiff, seeks to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him as a result of the alleged negligent landing of one of defendant’s airplanes in which he was a passenger for hire at the St. Paul, Minnesota, Airport on June 6, 1950, said injuries seriously aggravating a condition from which the plaintiff alleges he was recovering. The female plaintiff, as the wife of the male plaintiff, seeks damages for the loss of consortium of her husband as a result of the said injuries to him. The defendant filed an answer, admitting that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. The MajesticSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  2. Gooch v. Oregon Short Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. MacK v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1949
  4. Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Pan American Airways, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1944
  5. Pacific S. S. Co. v. CacketteCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Crowell v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
  2. Bernard v. U. S. AircoachDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1953
  3. Northern Valley Communications, LLC v. Federal Communications CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
  4. Randolph v. American Airlines, Inc.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. S. Toepfer, Inc. v. Braniff Airways, Inc.District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1955

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