Legal Opinion
Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc. v. Sanders
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1995No. A95A0393PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackburn, Judge.
Jerry Sanders and Joseph Sanders, as representatives of the estate of Terry Sanders, brought the underlying products liability action against Pratt & Whitney Canada, Inc., (PWC) and numerous others, alleging that the PT6A gasoline turbine engine made by PWC was faultily designed, causing the fatal crash, in Kentucky, of a King Air 100 airplane in which plaintiffs’ decedent was a passenger. PWC denied the material allegations of the complaint and moved to dismiss it due to the absence of personal jurisdiction and insufficiency of service of process. PWC’s jurisdictional…
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