GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION v. ADAMS

No. 20673.

340 F.2d 271 (1965)

GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Belle Martha ADAMS, a Widow, Appellee. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Appellant, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. C. Howell, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Howell & Houser, Jacksonville, of counsel, for appellant General Dynamics Corporation.

Heskin A. Whittaker, Orlando, Fla., of Whittaker & Pyle, Orlando, Fla., and Marks, Gray, Yates, Conroy & Gibbs, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant Pan American World Airways.

Alan R. Schwartz, Robert Orseck, Miami, Fla., Nichols, Gaither, Beckham, Colson & Spence, Miami, Fla., of counsel, for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge:

These appeals result from a jury verdict and judgment in favor of Mrs. Adams and against General Dynamics Corporation for damages resulting from the death of her husband, and from a judgment on behalf of General Dynamics Corporation against Pan American World Airways as a result of a third party complaint.

General Dynamics appeals from the widow's judgment against it and Pan American appeals from the second judgment by which General Dynamics...

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