McMahan Jets, LLC v. Roadlink Transportation, Inc.

FINDINGS OF FACT, RULINGS OF LAW, AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT

YOUNG, District Judge.1

I. INTRODUCTION

McMahan Jets, LLC (“McMahan”) brings this diversity case against Roadlink Transportation, Inc. (“Roadlink”), Rizo Jet Aviation Services, LLC (“Rizo”), and John and Jane Doe, the purported owners of Roadlink. The case arises from the sale of a Cessna Citation Aircraft (“the Aircraft”) by Roadlink to McMahan. The Aircraft is now, and was at the time of the sale, not airworthy. The central issue in this case is who should bear the loss: the grossly negligent seller or the nearly equally careless buyer?

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