Kimbell v. DuBose

Stolz, Judge.

On August 22, 1973, defendant Curtis C. Dunn (hereinafter referred to as "the pilot” or "the son”), was flying alone a private aircraft owned by defendant Charles C. Dunn (hereinafter "the aircraft owner” or "the father”). While so flying, the engine of the aircraft stopped functioning due to fuel starvation and the pilot attempted an emergency landing on the median strip of Interstate 285 in DeKalb County. In its attempt to make an emergency landing, the aircraft was proceeding in a generally westward direction.

Contemporaneously with the emergency landing attempt, an automobile…