Legal Opinion
Moe v. Avions Marcel Dassault-Breguet Aviation
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 30, 1984No. Nos. 82-1256, 82-1257, 82-1258 and 82-1259PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRETT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs-appellants appeal from a judgment entered on jury verdicts for the defendants-appellees in an action for damages for wrongful deaths, personal injuries and property damages on theories of negligence and strict product liability arising from an airplane crash near Denver, Colorado at 4:52 a.m. on April 3, 1977. Jurisdiction vests by virtue of diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Plaintiffs claimed multiple theories of negligence and defect as the cause of the crash, including defective design of the autopilot system, runaway to the high…
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