Lightenburger v. Gordon
Nevada Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
By the Court,
Wines, D. J.:
This is a wrongful death action brought by a widow for herself and on behalf of three minor children. The decedent, Dale D. Lightenburger, was killed when the Cessna 310 in which he was riding, crashed and burned at the Los Angeles International Airport on December 6, 1962.
The Complaint pleads alternative claims, namely; that Lightenburger was a passenger for a consideration within the purview of the California Guest Statute, and the proximate cause of his death was the negligence of James L. Gordon, pilot of the Cessna. In the alternative that Lightenburger…
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