Noble Crigler v. Cessna Aircraft Company and Avco Corporation, Avco-Lycoming Division

Plaintiff-appellant Noble Crigler brought suit in federal court alleging that defendants-appellants Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) and Avco Corporation, Avco-Lycoming Division (Avco), conspired to defraud Crigler by selling him an airplane that had a defective engine while assuring Crigler that the engine was not defective. The district court granted summary judgment to both defendants, concluding that a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness directive (AD) put Crigler on legal notice of the engine problem and that Crigler therefore could not prove he justifiably relied on any…