AERONAVES DE MEXICO, S. A. v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS

No. 80-5819.

677 F.2d 771 (1982)

AERONAVES DE MEXICO, S.A., aka Aeromexico, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, Menasco Manufacturing Company, and Cleveland Pneumatic Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank A. Silane, Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert Forgnone, Gregory Hollows, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph E. Gregorich, H. G. Robert Fong, Kirtland & Packard, Floyd C. Dodson, Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr., Kern, Wooley & Maloney, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and MEREDITH, District Judge.


MEREDITH, District Judge:

Aeromexico brought an action to recover compensatory damages and damages for loss of use resulting from the failure of the right main landing gear truck beam of a DC-10 aircraft leased by it when the aircraft landed at Orly Airport in Paris, France on December 11, 1976. The failure caused no injuries to passengers or crew, but did damage the aircraft's landing gear assembly. The damage was subsequently repaired, and the aircraft was returned...

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