Legal Opinion
United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. v. Fitchburg-Leominster, Flying Club, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 16, 1994No. 94-1644PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Deborah Crocker sued the Fitchburg-Leo-minster Flying Club, Inc. and her former husband (the insureds) in state court to recover $1,000,000 for injuries suffered when, on exiting a plane to seek help in parking it, she accidentally walked into its rotating propeller. The plane was owned by the Club and was being operated by her then husband. The liability insurer brought this diversity action in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, seeking a dee-laration that, since the victim was a “passenger” within the meaning of the policy, even…
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