Kewanee Oil Co. v. Remmert-Werner, Inc.

CLEMENS, Acting Presiding Judge.

Action by plaintiff Kewanee Oil Company for $132,000 damages to their jet plane. The damage was allegedly caused by defendant Remmert-Werner in the negligent repair and maintenance of a landing gear and warning device on the airplane. In the alternative, plaintiff seeks damages from defendant North American Rockwell Corporation for the faulty manufacture of the landing gear. Plaintiff appeals from a verdict and judgment for defendants.

Plaintiff contends the trial court erred in giving defendants’ contributory negligence instructions by assuming disputed facts…