BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY v. BROWN

No. 16854.

291 F.2d 310 (1961)

BOEING AIRPLANE COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, Appellant, v. Virginia BROWN and Albert K. Brown, Jr., by his General Guardian, Virginia Brown, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 22, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holman, Mickelwait, Marion, Black & Perkins, J. Paul Coie, and H. Weston Foss, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Miracle, Treadwell & Pruzan, Hugh Miracle and Howard P. Pruzan, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and MERRILL, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This wrongful death action is an out-growth of the explosion and crash of a military airplane over Tracy, California, on February 16, 1956. The plane was a B-52 jet bomber manufactured by Boeing Airplane Company and delivered to the United States Air Force on December 19, 1955. Major Albert K. Brown, Sr., a member of the crew, lost his life in the accident. He left a minor son in whose behalf this action was brought against Boeing. The United...

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