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SANZ v. RENTON AVIATION, INC.

No. 73-2787.

511 F.2d 1027 (1975)

Donna SANZ, Administratrix of the Estate of Jacqueline Kautzman, Deceased, and Dean A. Fischer, Administrator of Estates of Duane G. Fischer and Judith Fischer, Deceased, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. RENTON AVIATION, INC., and Pleasure Fund Management Co., Inc., et al., Defendants and Appellees, Ralph Kautzman, Executor of the Estate of Matthew L. Kautzman, Deceased, Third-Party Plaintiff and Appellee, National Insurance Underwriters, Third-party Defendant and Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

February 7, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter A. Washburn (argued), Seattle, Wash., for plaintiffs and appellants.

Harold D. Johnson (argued), for Helsell, Paul, Fetterman, Todd & Hokanson, Seattle, Wash., for defendants and appellees.

Before CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and BURNS, District Judge.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Sanz and Fischer, personal representatives of the estates of persons killed in a light-plane crash, appeal the judgment of the district court in favor of the air-craft-rental company. The court found that the sole and proximate cause of the crash was pilot error, and that defendant Renton Aviation was not negligent in any respect causally related to the accident. We affirm.

The court found the sole proximate cause to be "the careless...

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