Estate of Murphy v. Colorado Aviation, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

CHILSON, District Judge.

This is an action for damages for the alleged wrongful death of one, Audie Murphy, who was killed in the State of Virginia, in an airplane accident.

The plaintiffs are residents of the State of California, defendants are residents of the State of Colorado, and diversity jurisdiction is alleged.

The complaint alleges that the corporate defendants were the owners of the aircraft which crashed; Herman Butler was the pilot, and that negligence on the part of the defendants in piloting, maintaining and managing the aircraft was the proximate cause of Murphy’s…