HALDANE v. ALASKA AIRLINES

No. 3391-KA.

126 F.Supp. 224 (1954)

Lucy HALDANE, administratrix of the estate of Boyd Haldane, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. ALASKA AIRLINES, Inc., a corporation, Defendant.

District Court, Alaska First Division, at Ketchikan.

December 8, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. H. Ziegler, of Ziegler, Ziegler & Cloudy, Ketchikan, Alaska, for plaintiff.

John H. Dimond, Juneau, Alaska, for defendant.


FOLTA, District Judge.

Plaintiff, as widow and administratrix, seeks to recover, under Sec. 61-7-3 of the Alaska Code, the statutory maximum of $15,000 for the death of her husband.

The defendant is a common carrier. On June 16, 1953, the plaintiff was a passenger on one of its planes on a flight of about 15 minutes' duration between King Salmon and Kvichak, Alaska. The passengers entered the plane at King Salmon through the rear door on the left side, the...

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