Coyner Crop Dusters v. Marsh

JENNINGS, Justice.

In a consolidated action for wrongful death and destruction of an airplane, plaintiffs appeal from a verdict and judgment for defendants. Parties will be designated as in the trial court. Plaintiffs are Elizabeth Coyner, wife of decedent, executrix, and Coyner Crop Dusters, a corporation. Defendants are W. O. Marsh et al., a partnership, Carl Nicholson, Paradise Airport, a corporation, and Leonard Pemberton.

The death and destruction was caused by a ground collision of two crop duster planes on the ‘duster strip’ at Paradise Airport situated northwest of Phoenix, Arizona.…