Legal Opinion
Klingebiel v. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 19, 1971No. C-71 993 AJZPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT.
ZIRPOLI, District Judge.
These 26 cases are all wrongful death actions arising out of alleged defects in the F-104 Star fighter, a jet plane designed, manufactured and sold by defendant Lockheed Aircraft Corporation. Plaintiffs are the parents, wives and children of various members of the German Air Force whose deaths were allegedly caused by these defects. Defendant has made a motion to dismiss on the theory that the applicable California statute of limitations bars some of these actions.…
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