Margaret M. Leversen, as of the Estate of Leonard A. Leversen, Now Deceased v. The Boeing Company, a Corporation, Carol Elizabeth Schlemmer, as Administratrix of the Estate of Walter Ralph Schlemmer, Now Deceased v. The Boeing Company, a Corporation, (Santa Monica Air Crash Cases)

510 F.2d 937 Margaret M. LEVERSEN, as Executrix of the Estate of Leonard A. Leversen, now Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. The BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Carol Elizabeth SCHLEMMER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Walter Ralph Schlemmer, now Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. (Santa Monica Air Crash Cases) Nos. 72--2587, 72--2591. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Jan. 27, 1975. As Amended May 5, 1975. D. Cathcart (argued), of Magana & Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. B. Boyd Hight Jr. (argued), of O'Melveny & Meyers, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and WALLACE, Circuit Judges. OPINION CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge: 1 Leonard A. Leversen and Walter R. Schlemmer were the captain-pilot and the first officer (co-pilot) of a United Airlines flight crew that crashed into the ocean near Santa Monica as they were flying a nearly-new Boeing 727 jet aircraft on a regularly scheduled flight. No one aboard survived the crash. 2 There was more than one defendant, but only Boeing remains. 1 The district court sitting in admiralty without a…