SAMS v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

No. 79-4198.

625 F.2d 273 (1980)

Billy Jack SAMS, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Billy Jack Sams, II, Plaintiff, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP., a corporation, Defendant, v. THC FINANCIAL CORPORATION, Aeromarine, Inc. and Frances Nakamura, Administratrix of the Estate of Alan H. Allen, Third Party Defendants. Judith ALLEN and Marc Allen, a minor, by and through his Prochein Ami, Judith Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Frances Nakamura, Administratrix of the Estate of Alan H. Allen, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP., etc., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward M. Digardi, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Joseph Schneider, Honolulu, Hawaii (argued), A. Singleton Cagle, Cades, Schutte, Fleming & Wright, Honolulu, Hawaii, on brief, for defendant-appellee.

Before SNEED and POOLE, Circuit Judges, and ZIRPOLI, District Judge.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Judith Allen and Marc Allen, the wife and minor son of a pilot who had been killed in a plane crash, sued the manufacturer, owner, and operator of the plane. Frances Nakamura, administratrix of the decedent's estate (herein administratrix), joined in the action. Although the complaint alleged diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332, the administratrix and two of the defendants were citizens of Hawaii. Appellants appeal from...

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