Messmer v. Ker

DONALDSON, Justice.

On August 2, 1968, a Mooney M-20F airplane piloted by Keith M. Ker, defendant-appellant and cross respondent, and owned by Max Ker and Son Lumber Company, crashed at the Bernard Airstrip in the Idaho primitive area near the Middle Fork of the Salmon River at about 7:40 a. m. Injured in the crash were passengers Leonard Messmer and Joseph Hartke, plaintiffs-respondents and cross-appellants. On June 8, 1970, Messmer and Hartke filed this action to recover for personal injuries sustained in the crash against the appellant Ker and Max Ker and Son Lumber Company. Upon motion for…