FURMAN v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

Nos. 73 Civ. 642 and 73 Civ. 1320.

377 F.Supp. 37 (1974)

Susan G. FURMAN, as Executrix of the Estate of Robert Jay Furman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP. and McDonnell Douglas Corp., Defendants. Susan G. FURMAN, as Executrix of the Estate of Robert Jay Furman, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. OEA, INC., Defendant.

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

January 29, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiff by Melvin I. Friedman, David Goldstein, James J. Sullivan, New York City, of counsel.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for defendant Gen. Dynamics Corp. by William J. Junkerman, Carroll E. Dubuc, Randal R. Craft, Jr., New York City, of counsel.

Crowe, McCoy & Agoglia, Mineola, N. Y., for defendant McDonnell Douglas Corp. by Harold V. McCoy, Mineola, N. Y., of counsel.

Rogers & Wells, New York City, for defendant OEA, Inc. by William R. Glendon, Thomas W. Towell, Jr., New York City, of counsel.


KEVIN THOMAS DUFFY, District Judge.

These are the last of a series of motions in two related actions for the wrongful death of a thirty-two year old Air Force major; the earlier motions were decided in a memorandum filed July 17, 1973. The actions arose on April 23, 1971, when a military F III E aircraft crashed on a test flight at the Leach Lake Gunnery Range in California, killing co-pilots Robert Jay Furman and James W. Hurt. At the time of the crash, the parachute...

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