KRAUSE v. SUD-AVIATION, SOC. NATIONALE de CONST. AERO.

No. 62-AD-938.

301 F.Supp. 513 (1968)

Charles F. KRAUSE, Administrator and Personal Representative of George T. Stubbs, for and on Behalf of Janet Lenora Baker Stubbs, and the minors Mary Margaret Stubbs and Laurie Lucille Stubbs, Libelants, v. SUD-AVIATION, SOCIETE NATIONALE de CONSTRUCTIONS AERONAUTIQUES, and Republic Aviation Corporation, Respondents. Dorothy Cobb WADE, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of Luke Hampton Wade, Jr., Deceased, and for and on Behalf of herself and Linda Anne Wade, David Lawrence Wade and Michael Alan Wade, and Norma Delatte Nicol, as Administratrix and Personal Representative of Harold J. Nicol, Deceased, for and on Behalf of herself and Barbara Ann Nicol, Rebecca Marie Nicol, Theresa M. Nicol, Joette Y. Nicol and Harold J. Nicol, Jr., Libelants, v. REPUBLIC AVIATION CORPORATION and Sud-Aviation, Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques, Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coudert Brothers, New York City, by William Rand, New York City, of counsel; Mendes & Mount, New York City, by Matthew J. Corrigan, James F. Coughlin, New York City, of counsel, for respondent.

Speiser, Shumate, Geoghan & Krause, New York City, by Charles F. Krause, Peter J. Magee, New York City, of counsel, for libelant.


CROAKE, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM DECISION FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

These are suits in Admiralty based upon the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq. Libelants in their representative capacity seek to recover damages for the wrongful death of George T. Stubbs (the pilot), Luke Hampton Wade, Jr. (a passenger), and Harold J. Nicol (a passenger) in an Alouette II helicopter, U. S. Registration No. N519, which...

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