Moore v. Douglas Aircraft Co.

OPINION

WRIGHT, Judge.

This is an action for damages arising from injuries sustained by the plaintiff when a yoke and sling apparatus holding an aircraft engine broke, allowing the engine to fall. Plaintiff was a mechanic employed by Capitol Airways, Inc., at the Greater Wilmington Airport in New Castle, Delaware. At the time of the accident, which occurred on May 10, 1964, plaintiff and three fellow employees were installing the engine on an airplane. The defendant had manufactured the yoke and sling and had sold them to Capitol some eight months prior to the accident. Plaintiff bases his…