Legal Opinion
Wilson v. Piper Aircraft Corp.
Oregon Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1978No. TC 72 4267, SC 24703; TC 72 4281, SC 24704PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*63HOLMAN, J.
These two products liability cases, consolidated for trial and appeal, are wrongful-death actions brought by the personal representatives of two passengers who died after the crash of a small airplane. The only defendant is Piper Aircraft Corporation, the manufacturer of the aircraft.
The airplane, a Piper Cherokee manufactured in 1966, took off from the Eugene airport on January 22, 1971, with a licensed student pilot at the controls and a qualified instructor in the copilot’s seat. Plaintiffs’ decedents, Douglas Wilson and Arbie MacDonald, were passengers in the two rear seats. The…
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