Nesselrode v. Executive Beechcraft, Inc.

BILLINGS, Judge.

This appeal by defendants Beech Aircraft Corporation (Beech) and Executive Beechcraft, Inc. (Executive) involves the law of strict tort liability. Suit was brought as a products liability action under Missouri’s wrongful death statute, § 537.-080(1), RSMo Supp.1981 (1978 statute revised in 1979). Judgment was entered on the jury’s verdict in favor of Jane Nesselrode, wife of decedent, George Nesselrode, *373and his three daughters by a prior marriage. We affirm the judgment.

On July 23, 1981, George Nesselrode and two business associates boarded a chartered Beech Baron Model 58TC…