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CASINO AIR CHARTER v. SIERRA PAC. POWER CO.

No. 9973.

596 P.2d 496 (1979)

CASINO AIR CHARTER, INC., Gulf Insurance Company, Inc., Estate of Gilbert R. Souza, Mark B. Raymond, M.D., Appellants, v. SIERRA PACIFIC POWER COMPANY, a corporation, and the Home Insurance Company, a New Hhampshire corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

June 28, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erickson, Thorpe & Swainston, Ltd., William G. Cobb, Reno, and Moore, Clifford, Wolfe, Larson & Trutner, Oakland, Cal., Cyril Viadro, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel, for appellants.

Woodburn, Wedge, Blakey & Jeppson, Reno, and Johnson, Greve, Clifford & Diepenbrock, Sacramento, Cal., for respondents.

OPINION

MANOUKIAN, Justice:

Gilbert R. Souza, a licensed pilot employed by Casino Air Charter, and his passenger, John H. Eichstedt, were killed in an aircraft accident shortly after takeoff on June 30, 1972. The plane, a Cessna 206, owned by appellant, Dr. Mark B. Raymond, was leased to Casino Air for charter flight purposes. The fatal flight had been coordinated by respondent, Sierra Pacific Power, at the request of the federal government in order to provide...

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