Ewers v. Thunderbird Aviation, Inc.

SCOTT, Justice.

These cases involve the issue of whether Minnesota law imposes vicarious liability on an owner of a Minnesota-based airplane for the negligence of a renter-pilot, when the negligent acts and impact of the airplane occurred in another state. The appeals are taken from the orders of two Hennepin County District Court judges which denied defendants’ motions for summary judgment. Certain questions presented by the motions were certified by the respective trial judges as important and doubtful and thus those issues are properly before this court. See, Rule 103.03(i), Rules of Civil…