Legal Opinion

Norman Michaels, Norman Michaels, of Estates of Martin Popowitz and Harriet Loria Popowitz, Deceased v. Avitech Inc, Also Known as Harger Aviation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 28, 2000No. 98-20851PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This is a negligence action arising from the crash of a private plane. Norman Michaels appeals the striking of his experts and the grant of summary judgment in favor of Avitech, Inc. Although we find that the plaintiffs experts were improperly struck, we also find that no genuine questions of material fact exist, even considering all of the plaintiffs experts and reports. Thus we AFFIRM summary judgment in favor of the defendant.

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Norman Michaels is the executor of the estates of two people killed in a Cessna plane crash. In 1990, an aircraft service…

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