MERCADO v. WOLLARD AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT, INC.

No. 77-1282.

574 F.2d 654 (1978)

Lydia Esther MERCADO Vda. De Alvarez, etc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. WOLLARD AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey B. Nachman, Santurce, P. R., and Harry Segarra Arroyo, Carolina, P. R., on brief for appellant.

Francisco Ponsa Feliu, Francisco Ponsa Flores, San Juan, P. R., and Edda Ponsa Flores, Rio Piedras, P. R., on brief for appellee, Wollard Aircraft Equipment, Inc.

James A. Dixon, Jr., Dixon, Dixon, Lane, Mitchell & Harris, Miami, Fla., on brief for appellee, Ford Motor Co.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a wrongful death action. Appellants' decedent was killed when he was struck by a Wollard Mobile Belt Loader, a motor vehicle used for loading cargo onto aircraft. Appellee Ford Motor Company manufactured the loader's engine and chassis, while appellee Wollard Aircraft Equipment, Inc., manufactured and distributed the finished product. Appellants sued appellees for negligence in the

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