Binard v. Carrington

Plaintiff, Sally Binard, appeals as of right from a trial court order granting accelerated judgment, pursuant to GCR 1963, 116.1(5), now MCR 2.116(C)(7), in favor of defendant Cardinal Aviation.

Plaintiffs decedent was killed in the crash of a four-passenger single-engine airplane on September 2, 1979. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff from Kelley’s Airport in Grayling, Michigan. The plane’s pilot, Alfred D. Carrington, and another passenger, Frederick Saltmarsh, were also killed. A third passenger, Bruce Saltmarsh, was the only survivor of the crash. The plane, a Piper Arrow, was owned…