GATENBY v. ALTOONA AVIATION CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 64-1074.

268 F.Supp. 599 (1967)

Patricia Meryl GATENBY and Percy Evans, Administrators of the Estate of Ian Alexander Gatenby, Deceased and May Thora Mole, Executrix of the Estate of John Henry Mole, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. ALTOONA AVIATION CORPORATION and Paul Peterson, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Pennsylvania.

May 25, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hymen Schlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., David Rein, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Burns, Manley & Little, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


OPINION

WEBER, District Judge.

This case involves an action for the death of two passengers for hire in an air-taxi plane owned and operated by defendants out of Peterson Field, located about ten miles northeast of Altoona, Pennsylvania, on the main highway between Altoona, Pa., and Tyrone, Pa. On December 8, 1963, the pilot of defendants' plane took off from Peterson Field at about 1 p. m. to pick up two passengers at the Washington, D. C. airport. At about...

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