DONAHUE v. FAR EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT CORP.

Nos. 80-1243, 80-1472.

652 F.2d 1032 (1981)

Catherine M. DONAHUE, Executrix of Frances A. Cehon, deceased, and Sidney H. Cehon, Sr., Executor of the Estate of Richard P. Cehon, deceased, Appellants, v. FAR EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT CORPORATION a/k/a Yuan Tung Aeronautic Company. Catherine M. DONAHUE, Executrix of Frances A. Cehon, deceased, and Sidney H. Cehon, Sr., Executor of the Estate of Richard P. Cehon, deceased, v. FAR EASTERN AIR TRANSPORT CORPORATION a/k/a Yuan Tung Aeronautic Company, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Moller, New York City, for appellant in No. 80-1243 and appellee in No. 80-1472.

Geoffry D. C. Best, New York City, for appellee in No. 80-1243 and cross-appellant in No. 80-1472.

Before ROBB, WILKEY and GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GINSBURG.

GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:

Two United States citizens, Frances A. and Richard P. Cehon, lost their lives at Taipei International Airport on July 31, 1975, while on holiday in Taiwan. The Cehons, parents of two young children, were Connecticut domiciliaries, temporarily residing in Guam. They had purchased tickets in Taiwan for an intra-island flight. The couple departed from Hualien, a city on Taiwan, aboard...

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