Burggraf v. Chaffin

BAKES, Chief Justice.

Defendant appeals the trial court’s decision granting plaintiffs’ motion for new trial, alleging that the trial court abused its discretion in granting a new trial.

On May 20, 1987, while on a trip to submit a bid on behalf of the Robert V. Burggraf Company (Burggraf Corporation), John Walter Chaffin, Gary Cain and Stephen S. Burggraf were killed in an airplane crash in Cody, Wyoming. The aircraft, owned by Robert V. Burggraf, Sr., was leased to the Burggraf Corporation and was piloted by Mr. Chaffin.

On January 21, 1988, Linda Burggraf (Burggraf), on her own behalf, and on…