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RUDISAILE v. HAWK AVIATION, INC.

No. 3096.

595 P.2d 751 (1978)

92 N.M. 778

Barbara J. RUDISAILE, Personal Representative, Surviving Spouse and Executrix of the Estate of Stanley E. Rurisaile, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HAWK AVIATION, INC., a New Mexico Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

September 5, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed L. Frost, John E. Schindler, Palmer & Frost, P.A., Farmington, Tom Davis and George M. Fleming, Byrd, Davis & Eisenberg, Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Byron Caton, Tansey, Rosebrough, Roberts & Gerding, P.C., Farmington, for defendant-appellant.

For Appendix A, see 598 P.2d 641.

OPINION

LOPEZ, Judge.

The plaintiff-appellee brought a wrongful death action for the death of her husband as a result of an airplane crash. The trial court sitting without a jury found for the plaintiff and awarded damages in the sum of $235,000.00. The defendant appeals. We reverse.

We discuss the following issues: (1) whether strict liability in tort should apply to the...

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