Legal Opinion
Gates Learjet Corporation v. Duncan Aviation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1988No. 85-1269PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
This suit for contribution and indemnification was filed in a Kansas state court by Gates Leaqet Corporation (Gates) against Duncan Aviation (Duncan) arising from a crash of a jet aircraft in North Carolina, in which all five occupants perished. The suit was removed by Duncan to the federal district court. The aircraft was designed, manufactured and sold by Gates. Duncan serviced and maintained the aircraft prior to the crash on September 8, 1977. Before this case was filed, two other liability lawsuits arising from the same aircraft crash had been tried and concluded:…
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