Legal Opinion
Christian F. Wyller v. Fairchild Hiller Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1974No. 73-2480PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:
This litigation arises from a helicopter crash near Ketchikan, Alaska, in which two persons were killed, a third seriously injured, and the helicopter destroyed. The aircraft was owned by Livingston Copters, Inc. (Livingston) and piloted by Kelly Everett Hays, one of its employees. The plaintiffs are the sole sur viving passenger (Wyller), the adminis-tratrix of the Hays estate, and Livingston. 1 The defendant, Fairchild Hiller Corporation (Fairchild), designed and manufactured the helicopter and a “fail-safe” mechanism with which it was equipped.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Waterway Terminals Co. v. P. S. Lord Mechanical ContractorsOregon Supreme Court · 1965
- Harding v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Holiday Inns of America, Inc. v. PeckAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Pulakis v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- State v. JorgensenCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1971
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3Cited by41 opinions
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- Don Brown, Josef H. Miller and Allen L. McAlear v. Avemco Investment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- State v. McQueenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1978
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