COX v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. 15897.

379 F.2d 893 (1967)

Irene COX, Administratrix of the Estate of Randall S. Cox, deceased, Libellant-Appellee, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., a Minnesota corporation, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1967.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving G. Swenson, John W. McCullough, Chicago, Ill., for respondent-appellant, Peterson, Lowry, Rall, Barber & Ross, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

James A. Dooley, Chicago, Ill., for libellant-appellee.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, and CASTLE and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied August 28, 1967, en banc.

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Northwest Airlines, Inc., prosecutes this appeal from a judgment entered against it in an admiralty action instituted in the District Court by the libellant-appellee, Irene Cox, administratrix. Libellant sought recovery of damages under the Death on the High Seas Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq.) for the death of her husband. The action was tried to the court without a jury...

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