Boeing Airplane Company, a Delaware Corporation v. Virginia Brown and Albert K. Brown, Jr., by His General Guardian, Virginia Brown

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This wrongful death action is an outgrowth of the explosion and crash of a military airplane over Tracy, California, on February 16, 1956. The plane was a B-52 jet bomber manufactured by Boeing Airplane Company and delivered to the United States Air Force on December 19, 1955. Major Albert K. Brown, Sr., a member of the crew, lost his life in the accident. He left a minor son in whose behalf this action was brought against Boeing. The United States District Court, Western District of Washington, Northern Division, had diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1332.

After a…