TRIHEY v. TRANSOCEAN AIR LINES

No. 15446.

255 F.2d 824 (1958)

Joseph M. TRIHEY, Administrator of the Estate of Maria G. Muna, deceased, et al., Appellant, v. TRANSOCEAN AIR LINES, Inc., a corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 5, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. Blackman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Crider, Tilson & Ruppe, Henry E. Kappler, Los Angeles, Cal., for Transocean Air Lines.

Belcher, Kearney & Fargo, Vernon Foster, Louis E. Kearney, Los Angeles, Cal., for Douglas Aircraft Corp.

Dryden, Harrington, Horgan & Schwartz, Los Angeles, Cal., for Slick Airways.

Before FEE, CHAMBERS and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decision of the District Court for the Central District of California in an action in admiralty for the wrongful death of three passengers lost in the crash of an airplane operated by Transocean Air Lines, Inc., a corporation (hereinafter, Transocean), over the Pacific Ocean on July 12, 1953. It arises under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 761-768 (hereinafter, D.H.S.A.). Exclusive jurisdiction...

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