RIMER v. ROCKWELL INTERN. CORP.

No. 78-3380.

641 F.2d 450 (1981)

William N. RIMER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1981.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilbur C. Jacobs, Reiser, Jacobs, Zraik & Szyperski, Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James M. Tuschman, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, Thomas G. Pletz, Toledo, Ohio, for defendant-appellee.

Before LIVELY and JONES, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

William N. Rimer and Crow, Inc. (Crow) appeal from a jury verdict in favor of the defendant, Rockwell International Corporation (Rockwell).

Rimer, Crow, and Crow's insurer filed this action based on negligence and strict liability after Rimer was forced to land an Aero Commander 520 in a cornfield because all the fuel siphoned out of its fuel tanks. They alleged that the Aero Commander's fuel system was defectively designed...

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