HARRISON v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY


143 F.Supp. 598 (1956)

Herbert Miles HARRISON, Plaintiff, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

July 31, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Haar, New York City, for plaintiff.

Burlingham, Hupper & Kennedy, New York City, for defendant, Eugene Underwood, William M. Kimball, Gerard Harrington, Jr., New York City, of counsel.


LEVET, District Judge.

Defendant has moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim in that it does not allege the foreign law upon which the claim is predicated.

Plaintiff is a resident of Seattle, Washington, and a British subject, who was injured in an airplane accident in Honduras. He alleges that he was employed by defendant and that the airplane was owned by defendant's wholly-owned subsidiary corporation. It is further alleged that the...

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