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SCHINDELHEIM v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC.

202 F.Supp. 313 (1962)

Ruth SCHINDELHEIM, individually as Administratrix of the Estate of Jack Schindelheim, Deceased, and as next friend and on behalf of Deborah Schindelheim, Joseph Schindelheim, Phillis Schindelheim and Georgette Schindelheim, Plaintiff, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and General Motors Corporation, Defendants. Hilda SIEGEL, individually and on behalf of Barry Alan Siegel and Lois Carole Siegel, infants, and Paula Lee Siegel, Plaintiffs, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS INCORPORATED, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and General Motors Corporation, Defendants. Evelyn UFFNER, individually and as Executrix of the Estate of George D. Uffner, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC., Lockheed Aviation Corporation and General Motors Corporation, Defendants. Martha Ann MUMPER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Henry Donald Mumper, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BRANIFF AIRWAYS INCORPORATED, Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and General Motors Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

February 13, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiff, Ruth Schindelheim, Milton G. Sincoff, New York City, of counsel.

Speiser, Quinn & O'Brien, New York City, for plaintiffs, Hilda Siegel and Martha Ann Mumper, Stuart M. Speiser, Howard G. Law, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Henry Alexander, Samuel Segal, New York City, for plaintiff, Evelyn Uffner, Philip Segal, New York City, of counsel.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendant, Braniff Airways, Inc., P. G. Pennoyer, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Mendes & Mount, New York City, for defendant, Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Kenneth R. Thompson, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant, General Motors Corp., Maurice L. Noyer, Frederic L. Atwood, New York City, of counsel.

FREDERICK van PELT BRYAN, District Judge.

The widows of four passengers who were killed in the crash of a Braniff Airways Lockheed Electra near Buffalo, Texas, on September 29, 1959, bring these four actions in various capacities for the wrongful deaths of their husbands. The scheduled flight of the aircraft was from Houston, Texas, to New York International Airport, with stops at Dallas, Texas, and Washington, D. C. The crash occurred about 11:09 p. m., some thirty...

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