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THOMAS v. UNITED AIR LINES

24 N.Y.2d 714 (1969)

Hilary D. Thomas, as Executrix of James H. Thomas, Deceased, Appellant, v. United Air Lines, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants. Martha L. Zabor et al., as Administrators C. T. A., D. B. N. of The Estate of Robert C. Zabor, Deceased, Appellants, v. United Air Lines, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants. Raymond A. Rarey, as Administrator of The Estate of Donna R. Miller, Deceased, Appellant, v. United Air Lines, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants. Wyvetta Harris, as Executrix of Kalman Musin, Deceased, Appellant, v. United Air Lines, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. O'Brien, Stuart M. Speiser and Charles F. Krause for appellant in each action.

William J. Junkerman and Carroll E. Dubuc for respondent in each action.

Chief Judge FULD and Judges SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN concur.

BURKE, J.

Plaintiffs are the representatives of four passengers who were killed when a United Air Lines Boeing 727 jet crashed into Lake Michigan, within the territorial boundary of the State of Illinois, on August 16, 1965. In these joint appeals, the parties raise novel and interesting questions concerning the applicability of the Federal maritime law and the Illinois statutory limitation of $30,000 to these...

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