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LEVERSEN v. BOEING COMPANY

Nos. 72-2587, 72-2591.

510 F.2d 937 (1975)

Margaret M. LEVERSEN, as Executrix of the Estate of Leonard A. Leversen, now Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Carol Elizabeth SCHLEMMER, as Administratrix of the Estate of Walter Ralph Schlemmer, now Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOEING COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. (Santa Monica Air Crash Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended May 5, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Cathcart (argued), of Magana & Cathcart, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

B. Boyd Hight Jr. (argued), of O'Melveny & Meyers, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, MERRILL and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

Leonard A. Leversen and Walter R. Schlemmer were the captain-pilot and the first officer (co-pilot) of a United Airlines flight crew that crashed into the ocean near Santa Monica as they were flying a nearly-new Boeing 727 jet aircraft on a regularly scheduled flight. No one aboard survived the crash.

There was more than one defendant, but only Boeing remains.1 The district court sitting...

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