Legal Opinion
Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft, LLC
Washington Supreme Court
Decided April 7, 2011No. 83030-4PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMadsen, C.J.
¶1 This action arises out of an airplane crash near Aguascalientes, Mexico, in which seven people died. The personal representative of the decedents’ estates brought wrongful death actions against Twin Commander Aircraft LLC. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of Twin Commander on the ground that the statute of repose set forth in the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994 (GARA)1 bars the actions. The Court of Appeals reversed.
¶2 GARA’s statute of repose bars a suit against a manufacturer of general aviation aircraft if the accident occurred 18 years or more after…
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