Legal Opinion
Schenk v. Piper Aircraft Corporation
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 27, 1974No. Civ. A. 71-101PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WEBER, District Judge.
The defendant Piper Aircraft Corporation has moved for Summary Judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 on the ground that the plaintiffs’ claims are barred by the applicable Pennsylvania statute of limitations.
The plaintiffs are Ohio residents, all administratrices of the Estates of Ohio decedents who died when the aircraft in which they were passengers crashed in North Carolina. The defendant is a Pennsylvania corporation with its principal place of business in Pennsylvania and was the manufacturer of the aircraft. The plane was owned by an Ohio corporation and was…
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