WYLLER v. FAIRCHILD HILLER CORPORATION

No. 73-2480.

503 F.2d 506 (1974)

Christian F. WYLLER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FAIRCHILD HILLER CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

September 13, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Pease, Jr. (argued) of Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, Alaska for defendant-appellant.

Avrum M. Gross (argued) of Faulkner, Banfield, Doogan, Gross & Holmes, Juneau, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KOELSCH and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and RENFREW, District Judge.


OPINION

KOELSCH, Circuit Judge:

This litigation arises from a helicopter crash near Ketchikan, Alaska, in which two persons were killed, a third seriously injured, and the helicopter destroyed. The aircraft was owned by Livingston Copters, Inc. (Livingston) and piloted by Kelly Everett Hays, one of its employees. The plaintiffs are the sole surviving passenger (Wyller), the administratrix of the Hays estate, and...

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