Legal Opinion
Myers v. Mooney Aircraft, Inc.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 14, 1967No. Appeals, 198 and 199PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Jones,
On August 9, 1962, at Forest Hills, Maryland, an airplane, allegedly piloted by Helen Myers, crashed and both Helen Myers and her passenger, Maurice Wilhere, were killed. This airplane had been manufactured by Mooney Aircraft, Inc. (Mooney), a Texas corporation.
As a result of this accident, two trespass actions were instituted in the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County: (1) the personal representative and survivors of Maurice Wilhere sued the personal representative of the Helen Myers Estate and Mooney (herein described as the Wilhere action) and (2) the…
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