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SMITH v. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL AIRLINES CORPORATION

Civ. Nos. 5145-47, 39-48.

76 F.Supp. 940 (1948)

SMITH v. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL AIRLINES CORPORATION. LUDLOW v. PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL AIRLINES CORPORATION.

District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.

April 14, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cornelius H. Doherty, of Washington, D. C., for defendant, for the motions.

Monroe Oppenheimer, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff Evelyn C. Smith, opposed.

John H. Connaughton, of Washington, D. C., for plaintiff James H. Ludlow, opposed.

HOLTZOFF, Associate Justice.

These cases present the question whether the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur applies to an action to recover damages for wrongful death of a passenger killed in the wreck of a transport airplane operated as a common carrier.

It appears from the complaints that on June 13, 1947, the two decedents were passengers for hire, traveling from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Washington, D. C., on...

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