BERGERON v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

No. 191, Docket 26752.

299 F.2d 78 (1962)

Phyllis A. BERGERON, as Administratrix of the Estates of Nancy M. Guy, deceased, Kenneth Charles Guy, deceased, and Elaine Barbara Guy, deceased, Plaintiff-Libelant-Appellant, v. KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V., also known as KLM/ Royal Dutch Airlines, Defendant-Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. FitzSimons, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Emile Z. Berman, A. Harold Frost, and Marvin V. Ausubel, of Berman & Frost, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-libelant-appellant.

Eugene C. Brugger, of Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant-respondent-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and CLARK and FRIENDLY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff-libelant, a citizen of Massachusetts, is the administratrix of the estates of three Massachusetts citizens who lost their lives when a KLM/Royal Dutch Airlines plane on which they were passengers crashed on the high seas en route from Ireland to New York on August 14, 1958. In her action for wrongful death based on the defendant-respondent's alleged negligence she has set forth her claims in a "Libel...

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