United Air Lines, Inc. v. Janice Wiener and Catherine B. Nollenberger (Excluding Faith C. Paris), United States of America v. Janice Wiener

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335 F.2d 379

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitDecember 16, 196418510-18533, 18866-18872California16,483 words

Opinion

Jertberg, J.

These appeals are from judgments in thirty-one cases arising out of a mid-air collision between a DC-7 propeller driven commercial airliner owned and operated by United Air Lines (hereinafter “United”) and an F-100F United States Air Force jet fighter. The collision occurred on April 21, 1958, near Las Vegas, Nevada. The DC-7 was carrying 42 passengers and a crew of 5; the jet was carrying two Air Force pilots. There were no survivors.

All of the actions were brought under the Nevada Wrongful Death Statutes: Nev.Rev.Stats. §§ 12.090, 41.080, 41.090. In all 31 cases, the plaintiff’s decedents were passengers for hire on United’s DC-7, including 7 civilian employees of the government and two members of the Armed Forces, all of whom were traveling in the line of duty as such. We will hereinafter refer to 22 nongovernment employee cases and 9 government employee cases. United was a defendant in all 31 actions, and the United States of America (hereinafter “the government”) was a co-defendant in the 22 non-government employee eases. In 5 of the 9 government employee cases, the government, as co-plaintiff, sued United as a statutory subrogee in enforcement of its lien rights under the…

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Parties

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.
Plaintiff
Janice WIENER and Catherine B. Nollenberger . UNITED STATES of America, v. Janice WIENER
Defendant

Judges

Jertberg
Pope
Hamley
Jert-Berg

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