Betty Knight Kritser, Roy G. Mason, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross v. Beech Aircraft Corporation, Defendant-Appellant-Cross

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this Texas diversity ease involving personal injuries and a death from an airplane crash, defendant Beech Aircraft Corporation appeals from a judgment awarded in favor of an injured passenger and the surviving beneficiaries of the dead pilot. Appellant contends that plaintiffs did not produce sufficient evidence 1 to support the jury’s findings concerning a defective fuel system in the airplane which is alleged to have been the cause of the accident. Plaintiffs cross-appeal from the district judge’s refusal to submit the issue of punitive damages to the jury. We…