Smith v. Stanford Research Institute

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the trial court granting defendant Stanford Research Institute’s motion for a change of venue. Plaintiffs’ contention is that defendants’ affidavits filed in support of the motion are not sufficient to support the court’s order as a matter of law. This claim is meritorious and the order must be reversed.

The various plaintiffs, as surviving widows and children of decedents, brought this action to recover damages for wrongful death arising out of an airplane accident in which several persons lost their lives. Defendants Nystrom Aviation and Stanford Research…