Legal Opinion
Gray v. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided October 24, 1997No. 95-9063PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Chief Judge:
Appellant, Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co. (Lockheed), appeals from a district court order granting the appellees, Stacy Gray, Grace Schumacher and Wilma Jennings, the amount of their requested attorneys’ fees and costs, which were awarded as a sanction against Lockheed for destroying documents involved in a discovery request. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In October 1991, the appellees brought wrongful death and survival actions against Lockheed for damages after an S-3 Viking jet aircraft that Lockheed manufactured crashed and claimed the lives of the appellees’ decedents. In…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mattie Norman, Clara Marshall, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. The Housing Authority of the City of MontgomeryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- In Re Piper Aircraft Corp.United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida. · 1994
- Epstein v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Estate of Piper Aircraft Corp. (In Re Piper Aircraft Corp.)District Court, S.D. Florida · 1994
- Dallis Hollis v. Roy C. Roberts, EsquireCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Gray v. Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1995
3Cited by52 opinions
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- CENTEX-ROONEY CONST. CO. v. Martin CountyDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
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