In Re Cessna 208 Series Aircraft Products Liability Litigation

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATHRYN H. VRATIL, District Judge.

On December 6, 2004, the pilot and one passenger on a Cessna Model 208B airplane died when the plane crashed near Bellevue, Idaho. In the United States District Court for the District of Idaho, Spirit Air, Inc., the owner of the plane, and Mountain Bird, Inc., the operator of the plane, filed suit against Cessna Aircraft Company, Inc. and Goodrich Corporation. Later, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred the case to this Court as part of the multidistrict proceedings involving the Cessna 208 series aircraft. This…