TACA INT'L AIRLINES, INC. v. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD.


75 N.J. Super. 213 (1962)

182 A.2d 594

TACA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC., A CORPORATION OF EL SALVADOR, PLAINTIFF, v. ROLLS-ROYCE, LTD., A CORPORATION OF ENGLAND, ROLLS-ROYCE OF CANADA, LTD., A CORPORATION OF CANADA, ROLLS-ROYCE, INC., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, CAPITAL AIRLINES, INC., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE AND UNITED AIRLINES, INC., A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE, DEFENDANTS.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division.

Decided June 12, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald A. Robinson argued the motion for the plaintiff (Messrs. Shanley & Fisher, attorneys).

Mr. James C. Pitney argued the motion for the defendants (Messrs. Pitney, Hardin & Kipp, attorneys).

Mr. Harold M. Savage argued the cause for defendants Capital Airlines, Inc. and United Airlines, Inc.


CONKLIN, J.S.C.

This is an action in which plaintiff, Taca International Airlines, Inc., an El Salvador Corporation, sues for $1,610,176.67 property damage resulting from a crash of its Viscount airplane on March 5, 1959, in the Republic of Nicaragua. The complaint is against five defendants: Rolls-Royce, Ltd., an English Corporation; Rolls-Royce of Canada, Ltd., a Canadian Corporation; Rolls-Royce, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Capital Airlines, Inc., a Delaware...

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