Legal Opinion
Powers v. Lycoming Engines
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 2007No. Civil Action Nos. 06-2993, 06-4228PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
SAVAGE, District Judge.
In these consolidated putative class actions, the plaintiffs move to represent a class of owners or previous owners of aircraft that contain allegedly defective engine crankshafts designed and built by Lycoming Engines.1 They claim that the engines were manufactured with defective crankshafts that can cause a total loss of engine power and inflight engine failures, and that Lycoming knew and concealed the defect that prevents the crankshafts from functioning as intended. They seek damages for the cost to replace the defective crankshafts, which…
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