BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC. v. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION

Nos. 423-426, Dockets 32884-32887.

411 F.2d 451 (1969)

BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., Phillip Addabbo, and Morton D. Stein, as Executor of the Estate of Maurice Berg, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur E. Dow, Jr., New York City (Dow, Stonebridge & Wallace, New York City), for appellants Braniff and Addabbo.

W. Shelby Coates, Jr., New York City, for appellant Stein.

James F. Coughlin, New York City (Mendes & Mount, New York City, Ernest D. Kennedy, New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before FRIENDLY, KAUFMAN and HAYS, Circuit Judges.


HAYS, Circuit Judge:

Braniff Airways, Inc., Phillip Addabbo, and Morton D. Stein, as executor of the estate of Maurice Berg, appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing their complaints in actions against Curtiss-Wright Corporation arising out of an airplane crash that occurred near Miami, Florida on March 25, 1958. Braniff also appeals from an order denying its motion to amend its complaint by adding...

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