Legal Opinion
Hart v. Vogt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 9, 1976No. 45268PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Todd, Justice.
Catherine Hart (Hart), individually and as trustee for the heirs of Lee Hart, decedent, appeals from a judgment and from an order denying her motion for a new trial. Lee Hart was killed in the crash of a light plane piloted by Thomas M. Vogt (Vogt). The jury found Vogt was not negligent. We affirm.
On November 8, 1972, the plane, owned and piloted by Vogt, crashed while he was attempting to land in Duluth. The crash was fatal to two passengers, Lee Hart and another person not a party to this litigation. The crash apparently resulted from the accumulation of over 3 inches of ice…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wallace v. NelsonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1970
3Cited by2 opinions
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