CAVANAGH v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 16787.

183 F.Supp. 370 (1960)

Curran CAVANAGH, Plaintiff, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 11, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Gregg Kerr, Jr., Donald C. Winson, Eckert, Seamans & Cherin, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff.

Hamilton A. Robinson, Dickie, McCamey, Chilcote & Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendant.


GOURLEY, Chief Judge.

In this proceeding based on a suit for personal injuries arising out of an airplane accident, plaintiff at time of pretrial and after he had been afforded opportunity to exhaust discovery procedure, but after the expiration of the statute of limitations, moves the court to amend the complaint to allege willful and wanton acts claiming exemplary damages.

Defendant contends that the amended complaint asserts a new cause of action which...

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