BROWNE v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION

698 F.2d 370 12 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 570 Richard Lee BROWNE, et al., Alfred Peetz, et al., Zeynep Buge Guner, et al., Alheid Leenderdse, et al., Jeremy Nicholas Bowdler, et al., Afet Hamamzi, et al., Annette Ruth Crook, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. No. 81-4436. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 3, 1982. Decided Nov. 17, 1982. Certiorari Denied May 16, 1983. See 103 S.Ct. 2092 . John C. Elstead, Law Offices of Gerald C. Sterns, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Timothy R. Cappel, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before CHOY, SNEED, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 This case arises from a mid-air collision in 1976 near Zagreb, Yugoslavia between a DC-9 commercial jet airliner operated by Inex Adria Airways and a British Airways Trident 3. Appellants (plaintiffs below) are the heirs of 36 decedents who were passengers on the Trident 3. Appellants allege that the Zagreb collision was caused by the defective design of the…