LINDSAY v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

No. 71-1545.

460 F.2d 631 (1972)

Shirley J. LINDSAY, Executrix of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased, Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, a Corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Gray, C. Marshall Friedman, Gray, Friedman & Ritter, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Robert E. Keaney, Moser, Marsalek, Carpenter, Cleary, Jaeckel, Keaney & Brown, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit in admiralty brought under the Death on the High Seas Act, 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq. The plaintiff, Shirley J. Lindsay, is the executrix of the estate of her husband, John Douglas Lindsay, who met his demise while flying as a naval aviator an F4B jet aircraft manufactured by defendant McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation (McDonnell). Judgment was entered for the defendant. The District Court held the plaintiff failed to prove...

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