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PEARSON v. NORTHEAST AIRLINES, INC.

199 F.Supp. 539 (1961)

Marilyn W. PEARSON, as Administratrix of the Goods, Chattels and Credits of John S. Pearson, deceased, and Marilyn W. Pearson, Plaintiff, v. NORTHEAST AIRLINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

November 14, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Sterritte, Speiser, Quinn & O'Brien, New York City, for plaintiff; F. M. DeRosa, William F. X. Geoghan, Jr., and Howard G. Law, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant; William J. Junkerman, L. Anthony Zega, New York City, of counsel.

McGOHEY, District Judge.

The plaintiff sues for damages for her husband's death in the crash of the defendant's airplane on which he was a passenger, at Nantucket, Massachusetts on August 15, 1958. The legal basis for her claim is the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Statute.1 That statute limits the amount recoverable in such a case to a "sum of not less than two thousand nor more than fifteen thousand dollars, to be assessed with reference...

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