INDEPENDENT AIR, INC. v. TOSINI

No. 91-1530.

600 So.2d 3 (1992)

INDEPENDENT AIR, INC., a foreign corporation; and I.A.L. Air Services, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellants, v. Franco TOSINI, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Elizabetta Vedovi in Tosini, his Wife, on behalf of himself, individually and as father and natural guardian of Sabrina Tosini, a minor; Sabrina Tosini, Individually, Giorgio Tosini; M. Patrizia Tosini; The Estate, and any other person entitled to recover herein, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson and Robert C. Owens and Bradford Swing, Miami, Condon & Forsyth and Stephen J. Fearon and John F. Schutty, New York City, for appellants.

Speiser, Krause, Madole & Lear, Washington, D.C., Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin and Joel S. Perwin, Miami, for appellees.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and BARKDULL and GERSTEN, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

This litigation involves claims brought on behalf of passengers who died in the crash of a commercial charter flight which hit the top of a mountain, while attempting to land in the Azores, Portugal. The defendant, I.A.L. was the owner of the aircraft which crashed. The defendant, Independent Air, a Georgia corporation was the operator of the aircraft, having leased it from I.A.L. Neither defendant had contractual relationships with the passengers, the...

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