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PEKELIS v. TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR

No. 39, Docket 21690.

187 F.2d 122 (1951)

PEKELIS v. TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 15, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Weiss Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Samuel J. Silverman, Martin Kleinbard and Louis H. Pollak, all of New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff-appellant.

Haight, Deming, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, William J. Junkerman and S. V. Silverthorne, Jr., New York City, of counsel, for defendant-respondent.

Before AUGUSTUS N. HAND, CHASE and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff Pekelis individually and as administratrix of the estate of her deceased husband, Alexander H. Pekelis, brought this action against the defendant Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc., to recover damages for the death of her husband, who was killed on December 28, 1946, in an accident near Shannon, Eire, while a passenger for hire on one of the defendant's TWA's Lockheed Constellation airplanes.

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