ADAMS v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP.

Nos. C-72-77-PMH to C-72-89-PMH.

405 F.Supp. 1020 (1975)

Shelly L. ADAMS, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Defendant. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION, Third-Party Plaintiff, v. INTERNATIONAL CONTROLS CORP., and Datron Systems, Inc., Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

December 15, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walkup, Downing & Sterns, by Gerald C. Sterns, Paul V. Melodia, and Thomas G. Smith, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Cooper, White & Cooper, by R. Barry Churton and Neil L. Shapiro, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant and third-party plaintiff, General Dynamics Corp.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, by Robert C. Colwell, San Francisco, Cal., for third-party defendants Intern. Controls Corp. and Datron Systems, Inc.


MEMORANDUM FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

PEIRSON M. HALL, District Judge.

On May 4, 1970, a United States military aircraft crashed, killing all but one of the 13 military personnel aboard. Thirteen suits were filed in the California state courts in 1971. The suits were based primarily on strict products liability and/or negligence in the manufacture of the pilot's D.V. window frame. All the suits were timely and properly removed to the United States District Court...

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