Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Superior Court

Opinion

POTTER, J.

Beech Aircraft Corporation (hereinafter “Beech”) seeks a writ of mandate compelling the superior court to grant its motion for summary judgment in three consolidated cases wherein Beech sought orders declaring (1) New Mexico law “the applicable law in determining the rights and liabilities of the parties,” and (2) that under New Mexico law wrongful death damages “arising out of the death of a passenger on a public conveyance may only be recovered from the common carrier which owned the conveyance.”

Statement of the Case 1

The parties to the consolidated cases involved in this…