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SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM v. UNITED AIRCRAFT

No. 76-1765.

601 F.2d 425 (1979)

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

July 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Tompkins, Jr., Condon & Forsyth, New York City (argued), Adams Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jacques Soiret, Los Angeles, Cal. (argued), Kirtland & Packard, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Keith Gerrard, John D. Dillow, Richard C. Coyle of Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, amici curiae, for The Boeing Co., Lockheed Aircraft Corp., McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Before ANDERSON and HUG, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge.

HUG, Circuit Judge:

The central issue of this action is whether strict liability under California law is applicable when a large airline sues a manufacturer of an aircraft engine for a defect in the product that caused property damage to the engine itself and to the aircraft on which it was installed.

Scandinavian Airlines System brought this diversity action to recover for property damage resulting from the failure of two separate jet aircraft engines on...

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