Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a Corporation

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq. The plaintiff, Shirley J. Lindsay, is the executrix of the estate of her husband, John Douglas Lindsay, who met his demise while flying as a naval aviator an F4B jet aircraft manufactured by defendant McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation (McDonnell). Judgment was entered for the defendant. The District Court held the plaintiff failed to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that the plane crash was caused by a design or manufacturing defect in the aircraft. 1

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