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VASINA v. GRUMMAN CORP.

No. 74 C 1504.

492 F.Supp. 943 (1980)

Rita Jean VASINA, as Executrix of the Estate of William Arthur Vasina, deceased, Plaintiff, v. GRUMMAN CORPORATION and Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. New York.

June 27, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City (Marc S. Moller, Steven Earl Anderson, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City (Maurice L. Noyer, John K. Weir, New York City, of counsel), for defendants.

NICKERSON, District Judge.

Plaintiff brought this diversity action to recover damages for the death of her husband, a lieutenant in the United States Navy, who was killed when the aircraft in which he was a bombadier-navigator crashed in Boardman Bombing Range, a federal enclave in Oregon. Plaintiff claimed that defendants, the manufacturers of the aircraft, were liable on both negligence and strict products liability theories. After a bifurcated trial, the jury found...

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