Betty J. Friel, Personal Representative of Decedent, William G. Friel, Jr. v. The Cessna Aircraft Company, Betty J. Friel, Personal Representative of Decedent, William G. Friel, Jr. v. Santa Barbara Aviation

751 F.2d 1037 1985 A.M.C. 2406 Betty J. FRIEL, personal representative of decedent, William G. Friel, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. Betty J. FRIEL, personal representative of decedent, William G. Friel, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SANTA BARBARA AVIATION, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 84-5555, 84-5556. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 7, 1984. Decided Jan. 14, 1985. Russell L. Swarthout, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee. E. Lee Horton, James M. Derr, Los Angeles, Cal., for Cessna. Foster Furcolo, Jr., Hillsinger & Costanzo, Los Angeles, Cal., for Santa Barbara Aviation. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before CHAMBERS and HUG, Circuit Judges, and EAST, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 On July 23, 1980, William G. Friel, Jr., departed from Santa Barbara, California in a single-engine Cessna Type 188 airplane bound for the Hawaiian Islands. While enroute over the Pacific Ocean and still several hundred miles short of his destination, Mr. Friel was forced to ditch the airplane. The pilot of an aircraft accompanying Mr. Friel's airplane…