PAOLETTO v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

No. 71-1771.

464 F.2d 976 (1972)

Joseph A. PAOLETTO, Administrator of the Estate of Michael A. Paoletto, Deceased, Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, a Corporation of the State of Delaware.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Collins, Frederick D. Duden, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant.

E. N. Carpenter, II, R. H. Richards, III, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, Del., for appellee.

Before ALDISERT, JAMES ROSEN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges.


Submitted June 19, 1972 Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6).

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a wrongful death diversity action emanating from an air-plane crash in Alaska in 1966 raises a choice of law problem, challenges the district court's rulings on several evidentiary matters, and questions the court's instructions to the jury.

On August 15, 1966, appellant's decedent was killed when the plane in which he was...

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