Aeronaves De Mexico, S.A., AKA Aeromexico v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Menasco Manufacturing Company, and Cleveland Pneumatic Company

677 F.2d 771 AERONAVES DE MEXICO, S.A., aka Aeromexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Menasco Manufacturing Company, and Cleveland Pneumatic Company, Defendants-Appellees. No. 80-5819. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 5, 1982. Decided May 19, 1982. 1 Floyd C. Dodson, Kern, Wooley & Maloney, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for plaintiff-appellant; Frank A. Silane, Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. 2 Robert Forgnone, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., argued for defendants-appellees; Gregory Hollows, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Joseph E. Gregorich, Kirtland & Packard, Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr., Kern, Wooley & Maloney, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. 4 Before WRIGHT and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and MEREDITH, * District Judge. MEREDITH, District Judge: 5 Aeromexico brought an action to recover compensatory damages and damages for loss of use resulting from the failure of the right main landing gear truck beam of a DC-10 aircraft leased by it when the aircraft landed at Orly Airport in Paris, France on…