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TRAMONTANA v. S. A. EMPRESA DE VIACAO AEREA RIO GRANDENSE

No. 18277.

350 F.2d 468 (1965)

Beatrice Antonette TRAMONTANA, Appellant, v. S. A. EMPRESA DE VIACAO AEREA RIO GRANDENSE, a Brazilian Corporation, t/a Varig Airlines, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 10, 1965.

Petition for Rehearing Denied October 4, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Eugene Gressman, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Hyman Smollar, Ronald Rosenberg and George Kaufmann Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. John L. Laskey, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Harry A. Bowen, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, DANAHER and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.

Petition for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 4, 1965.

McGOWAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents an international variant of a recurring domestic conflict of laws problem, namely, the applicability in the forum (the District of Columbia) of a monetary damage limitation contained in the wrongful death statute of the place of injury (Brazil). We have, thus, no concern with the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the...

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