TEXASGULF INC. v. COLT ELECTRONICS CO.

Nos. 81 Civ. 7147, 82 Civ. 0816, 82 Civ. 3045, 82 Civ. 3640, 82 Civ. 3912, 82 Civ. 3913, 82 Civ. 4997, 82 Civ. 5278, 82 Civ. 6296, 82 Civ. 6297, 82 Civ. 6459, 83 Civ. 1082, 83 Civ. 1083, 83 Civ. 3662, 83 Civ. 3663 and 83 Civ. 5323 (GLG).

615 F.Supp. 648 (1984)

TEXASGULF INC. and Texasgulf Aviation, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. COLT ELECTRONICS CO., INC., Phoenix Aerospace, Inc., the Garrett Corporation, Lockheed Corporation, and the United States of America, Defendants. And Related Actions.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 16, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whitman & Ransom, New York City (Kevin Keating and Richard F. Lawler, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs Mary V. Drew and Mary L. McKee.

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City (Milton G. Sincoff and Steven Earl Anderson, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs Morgan Guaranty (Fogarty), Woodling and Claydon.

Speiser & Krause, P.C., New York City (Frank H. Granito, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff Constance A. Boyle.

Costello & Shea, New York City (J. Donald Tierney, New York City, of counsel) and Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Seattle, Wash. (Keith Gerrard, Richard C. Coyle and Sherilyn Peterson, Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff Garrett Corp.

Lester Schwab Katz & Dwyer, New York City (B. Jennifer Jaffee, New York City, of counsel) and Blackwell Sanders Matheny Weary & Lombardi, Kansas City, Mo. (Timothy W. Triplett, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff Colt Electronics Co., Inc.

Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City (James L. Stengel, New York City, of counsel) and Morris, Larson, King, Stamper & Bold, Kansas City, Mo. (Steven G. Emerson, Kansas City, Mo., of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff Phoenix Aerospace, Inc.

Mendes & Mount, New York City (Kevin F. Cook, James W. Hunt and James M. Fitzsimons, New York City, of counsel), for defendant and third-party plaintiff Lockheed Corp.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., John S. Martin, Jr., U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civil Div. by Kathlynn G. Fadely and Susan M.H. Gillett, Trial Attys., Washington, D.C., for defendant U.S.

Townley & Updike, New York City (Frederick D. Berkon, John C. Sabetta, Michael Belohlave and James Altieri, New York City, of counsel), for defendants and third-party defendants TexasGulf Inc. and TexasGulf Aviation Inc.


FINDINGS OF FACT and CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This Court must determine the liability, if any, of the United States of America for an airplane crash. The following are the Court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 52(a):

FINDINGS OF FACT

On February 11, 1981, a Lockheed JetStar, owned and operated by Texasgulf Aviation, Inc., crashed at approximately 6:40 p.m. EST during an instrument landing...

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