Wells v. Vincennes University

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

On October 31, 1987, a small airplane crashed at an Illinois airport during an air show celebrating Dad’s Weekend at Vincennes University (the “University”). Although there is no direct evidence of who was flying the dual-control plane at the time of the crash, circumstantial evidence suggests that James Jernigan was at the controls. Jernigan, an aviation instructor at the University, allegedly failed to pull the plane out of a low-level spin maneuver at the end of an aerobatics performance. Jernigan and his passenger, Danny Wells *1149(“Danny”), died as a…