Legal Opinion
Adams v. Alliedsignal General Aviation Avionics
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1996No. 94-4104PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
On May 27, 1990, Idaho residents Novella and Frank Adams were killed in a single engine airplane crash near Naylor, Missouri. In this diversity action, their five children seek damages for claims that the crash was caused by a defect in the airplane’s autopilot, a product named the Bendix/King KFC 150. Plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their wrongful death action without prejudice due to insufficient service of process. Concluding that the district court 1 did not abuse its discretion, we affirm.
I. Background.
Plaintiffs filed their initial complaint on May 21, 1993,…
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