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BERKEBILE v. BRANTLY HELICOPTER CORP.

462 Pa. 83 (1975)

337 A.2d 893

Catherine K. BERKEBILE, Executrix Under the Will of Cloyd C. Berkebile v. BRANTLY HELICOPTER CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 19, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney L. Wickenhaver, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Laurence H. Eldredge, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

This case is before us on a grant of allocatur.1 The Superior Court reversed a verdict for the defendant-appellant in the trial court. We affirm.

Cloyd Berkebile was killed on July 9, 1962 when the helicopter he was piloting crashed while in climbing flight. The executrix wife brought this wrongful death and survival action against Brantly Helicopter...

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