NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES v. GORTER

No. 15670.

254 F.2d 652 (1958)

NORTHWEST ORIENT AIRLINES, Inc., Appellant, v. Geraldine B. GORTER, as Administratrix of the Estate of John M. Waldrep, Deceased, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karr, Tuttle & Campbell, Carl G. Koch, Coleman P. Hall, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Williams, Kinnear & Sharp, John W. Riley, Ronald A. Murphy, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, Chief Judge, and DENMAN and ORR, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Airlines appeals from the judgment of the District Court of the Northern District of Washington in a diversity case holding it liable to Mrs. Gorter, administratrix of the estate of one Waldrep, for damage to Waldrep's minor daughter from the death of her father by drowning caused by Airlines' undisputed negligence, whereby the airship in which Waldrep was a passenger was grounded in the tidal waters of the Pacific off the Dominion...

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