Legal Opinion
Tate v. Boeing Helicopters
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1995No. 93-5863PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RYAN, Circuit Judge.
The defendants built and sold to the Army a helicopter that crashed during a training mission in July 1990. Three crew members were killed and two others were injured. One of the survivors, and family members of two soldiers who perished, brought this diversity action under Kentucky law, alleging theories of design defect and failure to warn. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants based on the gov-*1152eminent contractor defense established in Boyle v. United Technologies Corp., 487 U.S. 500, 108 S.Ct. 2510, 101 L.Ed.2d 442 (1988), and dismissed the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Boyle v. United Technologies Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Herman Theunissen and Ann Theunissen v. Sid Matthews D/B/A Matthews Lumber TransferCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
- Canderm Pharmacal, Ltd. v. Elder Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Wallis v. Pan American Petroleum Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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- Oliver v. Oshkosh Truck Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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