KENNETT v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

No. 76-1482.

560 F.2d 456 (1977)

Bayard W. KENNETT, Administrator of the Estate of Linnell W. Kennett, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Wadleigh, Manchester, N. H., with whom Wadleigh, Starr, Peters, Dunn & Kohls, Manchester, N. H., was on brief, for Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Jack B. Middleton, Manchester, N. H., with whom Arthur G. Greene and McLane, Graf, Greene, Raulerson & Middleton, Professional Assn., Manchester, N. H., were on brief for Bayard W. Kennett, Admr. of the Estate of Linnell W. Kennett.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and MILLER, Judge.


MILLER, Judge.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta") appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff-appellee in the sum of $415,758. We affirm.

The action was for wrongful death of Linnell Kennett which resulted from a crash of Delta Air Lines Flight # 723 at Logan International Airport on July 31, 1973. Delta admitted liability in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and the case was remanded to the District Court for the...

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