Legal Opinion
In Re Piper Aircraft Corp.
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Florida.
Decided January 14, 1994No. 16-10874PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBERT A. MARK, Bankruptcy Judge.
Piper Aircraft Corporation has been designing, manufacturing and selling general aviation aircraft and associated spare parts since 1937. Approximately 50,000 to 60,000 aircraft are still operational in the United States. Piper is attempting to reorganize under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Following confirmation of a plan, some of these planes will crash. People will be killed or injured. Others will suffer property damage. Some of the crashes may be caused in whole or in pail by design or construction defects in the planes or in their…
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