Legal Opinion
Estate of Robin Grant Kennedy v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., and Garlick Helicopters, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 15, 2002No. 00-35240PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge WOOD, Jr.; Dissent by Judge PAEZ
WOOD, JR., Circuit Judge.
Robin Grant Kennedy was killed on November 5, 1996, when the helicopter he was piloting came apart in mid-air and crashed. At the time of the crash, Kennedy was using the helicopter for aerial logging in Washington state. The structural failure in the helicopter was caused by a fatigue crack that developed in a component of the tail boom known as the left forward vertical fin spar. Kennedy’s estate (“Appellee”) filed this diversity products liability lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Western District…
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