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Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided April 22, 1982No. 13308, 13355PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING

SHANNON, Justice.

The opinion of this Court handed down on March 17, 1982, is withdrawn, and the following opinion replaces it.

James Parker and Benjamin Smithson perished in the crash of a Cessna 150 airplane in New Mexico in 1976. The plane was piloted by Smithson and owned by Air Plains West, Inc.

Darla Smithson and Carolyn Parker Duncan, widows of Smithson and Parker, filed wrongful death suits in the district court of Travis County against Cessna Aircraft Company to recover individually, as admin-istratices of their husbands’ estates, and as next friends for their…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Benoit v. WilsonTexas Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
  3. Biggers v. Continental Bus System, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1957
  4. Gutierrez v. CollinsTexas Supreme Court · 1979
  5. John H. Smith v. Ford Motor CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1984
  2. Smithson v. Cessna Aircraft Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Malen v. MTD Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2010
  4. Rubin v. Brutus Corp.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Becker v. Computer Sciences Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1982

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