Merrill v. United Air Lines, Inc.

DIMOCK, District Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for death in an airplane crash. Plaintiff has asked in interrogatories numbered 14 to 19 inclusive a series of questions in the following form:

“Is the defendant aware of any facts or evidence indicating a mechanical mal-function or failure that caused or contributed to the accident? If so, state the nature of the facts or evidence and the malfunction or failure it indicates.”

The five interrogatories which follow differ only from the quoted one in that, in place of the description “a mechanical mal-function or failure”, each…