WARREN v. FLYING TIGER LINE, INC.

Nos. 63-301, 63-1530, 64-318, 64-336.

234 F.Supp. 223 (1964)

John S. WARREN, as Special Administrator of the Estate of James D. Bowen, Deceased, Libelant, v. The FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., a corporation, Respondent. Kara GLYNN, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter Glynn, Deceased, Libelant, v. The FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., a corporation, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Respondents. Thelma Jean KISSEE, as Administratrix of the Estate of Charles Edward Kissee, Deceased, Libelant, v. The FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., a corporation, Respondent. Sue PRATHER, Administratrix of the Estate of Douglas Arnold Haaf, Deceased, Libelant, v. The FLYING TIGER LINE, INC., a corporation, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

September 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loeb and Loeb, Alfred I. Rothman and Jerome L. Goldberg, Los Angeles, Cal., for John S. Warren.

Mathews and Cloud, Rialto, Cal., for Kara Glynn.

Charles A. Zeller, Stockton, Cal., for Thelma Jean Kissee; Jerome L. Goldberg, Los Angeles, Cal., Local Associated Counsel.

Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart and Gelfand, Los Angeles, for Sue Prather.

Kirtland and Packard, Los Angeles, Cal., for respondent.


CARR, District Judge.

These 4 cases in admiralty seek damages under Section 761 of Title 46, U.S. C., for the wrongful death of certain military passengers who were aboard a Flying Tiger Line plane traveling from Travis Air Force Base in California to Saigon, Vietnam. These cases were consolidated for trial on the issue of the applicability of the Warsaw Convention.1

On March 14, 1962, Flying Tiger Line, hereinafter referred to...

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