Legal Opinion
McIntire v. Estate of Forte
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 5, 1971No. 17539PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GUITTARD, Justice.
Charles McEntire and Robert Forte, both residents of Texas, were killed in an airplane crash as they were returning from Farmington, New Mexico to Dallas, Texas. The plane was owned and presumably piloted by Forte. This wrongful death action was brought by McEntire’s widow for herelf and her children against Forte’s estate. Defendant pleaded the New Mexico aviation guest statute, which bars claims against the owner or operator of an aircraft for injuries to guests resulting from an accident “unless such accident shall have been intentional on the part of said owner or…
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