Ronald G. Forsyth v. Cessna Aircraft Company

OPINION

Before KILKENNY and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and WOLLENBERG, District Judge.* KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a classic example of the wilderness in which courts sometimes find themselves when searching for solutions to problems arising under the judicial nightmare known as Conflict of Laws.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

For the purposes of this appeal, the fundamental facts are undisputed. Appellant, a resident of the state of Washington, owned an airplane manufactured and sold by appellee in the state of Kansas in 1967. In January, 1972, appellant’s pilot flew the aircraft from Spokane…