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AETNA CAS. AND SUR. CO. v. JEPPESEN & CO.

No. 79-3075.

642 F.2d 339 (1981)

AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, a Connecticut Corporation, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JEPPESEN & COMPANY, a Colorado Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip R. McCowan, San Jose, Cal., argued, for defendant-appellant; Bruce C. Janke, San Jose, Cal., on brief.

Rex A. Jemison, Beckley, Singleton, Delanoy, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRILL and KENNEDY, Circuit Judges, and HARRIS, District Judge.

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is taken from judgment granting Aetna Casualty and Surety Company indemnity from Jeppesen & Company for money paid by Aetna in settlement of wrongful death actions filed by representatives of passengers killed in a plane crash. We reverse.

On November 15, 1964, a Bonanza Airlines plane crashed in its approach to Las Vegas, Nevada, on a flight from Phoenix, Arizona. All on board...

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