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AHMANN v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Nos. 17065, 17066.

313 F.2d 274 (1963)

Elmer W. AHMANN, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of James H. Ritner, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a Corporation, Appellee. Jane F. GANDY, Executrix of the Estate of Jack S. Gandy, Deceased, Appellant, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 6, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. D. James, Kansas City, Mo., Alvin C. Randall, of Hogsett, Houts, James, Randall & Hogsett, Kansas City, Mo., and Gibson Langsdale and Clif Langsdale and S. L. Trusty, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief, for appellants.

Morris H. Kross, Kansas City, Mo., Clay C. Rogers, of Rogers, Field & Gentry, Kansas City, Mo., on the brief, for appellee.

Before VOGEL and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.

VOGEL, Circuit Judge.

On June 30, 1956, two passenger airplanes carrying a total of 128 persons left Los Angeles airport, one being a Trans World Airlines Constellation bound non-stop for Kansas City, Missouri, and the other a United Air Lines DC-7 bound non-stop for Chicago, Illinois. Approximately an hour and a half later the two planes collided in mid-air and crashed into the bottom of the Grand Canyon, killing all occupants. There were no witnesses to describe...

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