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MONTGOMERY v. GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

Nos. 300-302, Dockets 31770-31772.

392 F.2d 777 (1968)

Ruth MONTGOMERY, etc., et al., Appellants, v. GOODYEAR AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Appellee. (Two other cases)

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided April 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murray L. Lewis, New York City (Harry H. Lipsig, Joseph B. Castleman and Richard S. Perles, New York City, on the brief), for appellants.

Paul W. Williams, New York City (William A. Runyan, Akron, Ohio, Robert F. Martin, Stephen R. Tisa, and Cahill, Gordon, Sonnett, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:

On July 6, 1960, at 2:30 p. m., the U. S. Navy airship Reliance, ZPG 3W, BuNo 144242, a non-rigid two-engined aircraft some 403 feet long, inflated with about 1,500,000 cubic feet of helium, crashed into the ocean off the coast of New Jersey. Eighteen servicemen out of a crew totaling twenty-one were killed or died after the crash. The personal representatives of eleven of the decedents brought libels, consolidated below, based on the...

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