Legal Opinion
Vadala v. Teledyne Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 10, 1995No. 94-1280PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
In December of 1986, Patrick Vadala purchased a used twin-engine Cessna airplane; at that time, both the airplane and the engines (made by a division of Teledyne Industries) were approximately 20 years old. On July 14, 1988, after logging fewer than 50 hours on the airplane, Vadala reported a loss of oil pressure in the right engine to air traffic controllers while attempting to land at Taunton Airport in Massachusetts. Several minutes later, the plane crashed and burned. Vadala was killed, and most of the wreckage was destroyed in the post-crash ground fire.
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