Hasburgh v. Executive Aircraft Co.

BECKER, District Judge.

In this diversity action for wrongful death of the plaintiff’s deceased husband, plaintiff alleges that the death of her husband resulted from the collision of a plane (in which he was a passenger for hire) with a telephone wire at or near the runways of the Jefferson City Municipal Airport on September 13, 1963. The crash is alleged to have resulted from the combined negligence of the three corporate defendants and Robert L. Mehornay, Jr., deceased, the pilot of the plane.

Defendant Executive Aircraft Company has filed a cross-claim against defendant City of Jefferson…