Legal Opinion
Estate of Portnoy v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided February 20, 1985No. Civ. A. S83-0011(R)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DAN M. RUSSELL, Jr., District Judge.
The case in chief originally arose out of the crash of a military airplane, a Cessna 02A, in the waters of the Mississippi Sound near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, on November 11, 1976. David L. Portnoy, a resident of Pennsylvania and Staff Sergeant in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, was killed in the crash. Jerri Bridges, a Mississippi resident and secretary of counsel for the plaintiffs, was appointed Administratrix of the Estate of David L. Portnoy. Bridges, as Administratrix, instituted a products liability suit in the Federal…
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