Munch v. United Air Lines Inc. (American Automobile Ins. Co., Intervenor)

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for the allegedly wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, Fred O. Munch, who died October 24, 1947, as the result of injuries sustained that day in the crash, near Bryce Canyon, Utah, of an airplane owned and operated by defendant, United Air Lines. The complaint averred that defendant Douglas Aircraft Company had negligently manufactured the plane, and that United had been guilty of certain acts of negligence in its operation of the plane on which decedent, while proceeding within the scope of his employment by Air Line Pilots…