199 F. Supp. 538 | S.D.N.Y. | 1961
The respondent has moved, pursuant to' Admiralty Rule 58, 28 U.S.C.A., for summary judgment dismissing the libel on the grounds that it fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted in Admiralty and that on the facts as conceded this Admiralty Court lacks jurisdiction of the subject matter.
The decedent concededly met his death when the respondent’s airplane, on which he was a passenger, crashed on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, on August 15,1958. It is also conceded that he sustained no injury of any kind contributing to his death while the airplane was in flight over the sea either within or beyond one marine league from shore. Clearly, therefore, there is no basis for Admiralty jurisdiction under the Death on the High Seas Act.
The libelant is also seeking recovery for her husband’s death in a companion civil suit, 199 F.Supp. 539, pending in this district based on the Massachusetts Wrongful Death Statute. Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 229, § 2 et seq.
The motion is in all respects granted.
Submit order on notice.
. 46 U.S.C.A. § 761 et seq.
. D.C., 95 F.Supp. 916.
. D.C., 121 F.Supp. 85.
. D.O., 169 F.Supp. 348.
. D.C., 175 F.Supp. 92.
. 46 U.S.C.A. § 740.