FERGUSON v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 2 CA-CIV 3955.

132 Ariz. 47 (1981)

643 P.2d 1017

Betty J. FERGUSON, on her own behalf and on behalf of Marjorie Ferguson Lunday, Evelyn Ferguson Mason, James Ferguson and Larry Ferguson, Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross Appellant, and Ginette Bauchet Frazier, on her own behalf and on behalf of Darrell Hall Frazier, Shirley Frazier Bingham and David Thomas Frazier, Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant/Appellant/Cross Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 2.

Rehearings Denied November 25, 1981.

Review Granted January 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Molloy, Jones, Donahue, Trachta, Childers & Mallamo, P.C. by John F. Molloy, Tucson, for plaintiff/appellee/cross appellant Ferguson.

Davis, Siegel & Gugino by Stuart J. Siegel, Tucson, and Martzell, Montero & LaMothe by Frank E. LaMothe III, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff/appellee/cross appellant Frazier.

Lesher, Kimble & Rucker, P.C. by Robert O. Lesher, Tucson, for defendant/appellant/cross appellee.


OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

This is a products liability case involving an airplane crash. Appealing from an adverse jury verdict, Cessna Aircraft Company (Cessna) contends that there was no proof that its product, a 210L "Centurion" was dangerously defective or that the defect caused the accident. It also contends the trial court erred in refusing to grant a new trial because the court (1) did not let Cessna use the "Paris Report" in its cross-examination of Mr...

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