WRIGHT v. AMERICAN FLYERS AIRLINE CORPORATION

Civ. A. Nos. 66-553, 66-554, 66-687.

263 F.Supp. 865 (1967)

Maggie M. WRIGHT, as Administratrix of the Estate of William F. Wright, deceased, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN FLYERS AIRLINE CORPORATION, Defendant (two cases). Mattie Lettie Brown HELTON, Administratrix of the Estate of Steve R. Brown, deceased, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN FLYERS AIRLINE CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court D. South Carolina.

February 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell W. Ross, Rogers, McDonald & Ross, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiff Maggie M. Wright, as Adm'x, etc.

William T. Jones, Greenwood, S. C., for plaintiff Mattie Lettie Brown Helton, Adm'x, etc.

Charles W. Knowlton, Boyd, Bruton, Knowlton & Tate, Columbia, S. C., Shaw, Pittman, Potts, Trowbridge & Madden, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


Civ. A. Nos. 66-553, 66-554 (Columbia Division), 66-687 (Greenwood Division).

OPINION AND ORDER

RUSSELL, District Judge.

The defendant is a charter airline, incorporated in Texas, but with its flight operations, maintenance department and records located at Ardmore, Oklahoma. On April 22, 1966, one of its planes was engaged in a military charter flight from Fort Ord, California, to Fort Benning, Georgia, with 92 soldiers aboard. While approaching...

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