Janice McKay of the Estate of Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Wagner McKay Deceased v. Rockwell International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Marie Carson, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank J. Carson, Deceased v. Rockwell International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

Good Law

704 F.2d 444·1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 28705

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 20, 198381-5540California12,713 words

Opinion

704 F.2d 444 Janice McKAY, Executrix of the Estate of Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Wagner McKay, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Marie CARSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank J. Carson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nos. 81-5540 to 81-5543. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 5, 1982. Decided April 20, 1983. Martin E. Jacobs, Irwin, Hale & Jacobs, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Robert Forgnone, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before SNEED, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and HARDY * , District Judge. SNEED, Circuit Judge: 1 These are consolidated wrongful death actions arising out of two unrelated crashes of RA-5C naval aircraft in the waters off the coast of Florida. The widows of the two Navy pilots killed in the crashes seek damages from Rockwell International Corp. ("Rockwell"), the manufacturer of the RA-5C aircraft and its ejection system. The…

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Parties

Janice McKay of the Estate of Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Wagner McKay Deceased
Plaintiff
Rockwell International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Marie Carson, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank J. Carson, Deceased v. Rockwell International Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
Defendant

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