Legal Opinion
Thornton v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 13, 1988No. Civ. A. 3:87-3308-16, 3:88-1322-16PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HENDERSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings. For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants the motion as to the plaintiff’s strict liability and negligence causes of action and denies the motion as to the plaintiff’s breach of warranty causes of action.
The material facts are not in dispute. In 1984, the plaintiff’s husband, a South Carolina resident, purchased an airplane in South Carolina from Jim Hamilton Aircraft, Inc. The airplane was manufactured by the defendant and first sold in 1972. On January 17, 1985,…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Richards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- General Investment Co. v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Home Insurance v. DickSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Bernick v. JurdenSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1982
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Myrtle Beach Pipeline Corp. v. Emerson Electric Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1993
- Thornton v. Cessna Aircraft Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1989
- Witt v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'N, INC.District Court, D. South Carolina · 1994
- Hadar v. Concordia Yacht Builders, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1995
- Butler v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 2010
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