NOEL v. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

Nos. 14727, 14730.

342 F.2d 232 (1965)

Ruth M. NOEL and William H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased, Appellants in No. 14727, v. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Appellant in No. 14730.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1964.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen M. Feldman, Feldman & Feldman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Murray H. Schwartz, Wilmington, Del., Harry Norman Ball, Joseph G. Feldman, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Ruth M. Noel, and others.

William Prickett, Jr., Prickett & Prickett, Wilmington, Del. (William Prickett, William Prickett, Jr., Wilmington, Del., on the brief), for United Aircraft Corporation.

Before KALODNER, GANEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


KALODNER, Circuit Judge.

These cross-appeals arise out of an airplane disaster at about 5:29 A.M. on June 20, 1956. The libellants' decedent, Marshal Noel, was a passenger on the ill-fated aircraft, a Lockheed Constellation, call numbers YV-C-AMS ("AMS"), owned and operated by Venezuelan Airlines Linea Aeropostal Venezuela ("LAV"). The flight originated from Idlewild Airport, New York, at 3:18 A.M., having as its destination Marquetia, Venezuela. At about 4:30 A.M...

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