BERGERON v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.


188 F.Supp. 594 (1960)

Phyllis A. BERGERON, as Administratrix of the Estates of Nancy M. Guy, Deceased, Kenneth Charles Guy, Deceased and Elaine Barbara Guy, Deceased, Libellant, v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V., also known as K. L. M./Royal Dutch Airlines, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emile Z. Berman and A. Harold Frost, by Marvin V. Ausubel, New York City, for libellant.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, by Eugene C. Brugger, New York City, for respondent.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.

Libellant's decedents, who were all citizens and residents of the United States, met their death when an airplane owned and operated by the respondent, a Dutch airline, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Shannon, Ireland, to New York. Libellant brought this action to recover for their alleged wrongful deaths, asserting three separate causes of action as to each decedent. Her first set of claims is based on Section...

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