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HUSTEAD v. BENDIX CORP.

No. 54,681

233 Kan. 870 (1983)

666 P.2d 1175

ROBERT F. HUSTEAD AND JOY K. HUSTEAD, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BENDIX CORPORATION, THE AVCO LYCOMING CORPORATION, THE PIPER AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, MIDWEST AIRCRAFT SALES, INC., MIDWEST PIPER FLIGHT, INC., MIDWEST PIPER SALES, INC., and MIDWEST PIPER, INC.; Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Martin, of Martin, Pringle, Oliver, Triplett & Wallace, of Wichita, argued the cause, and John P. Woolf and Martin W. Bauer, of the same firm, were with him on the briefs for the appellants.

Alvin D. Herrington and Eric E. Davis, of McDonald, Tinker, Skaer, Quinn & Herrington, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee, Bendix Corporation.

Fred L. Maars, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee, Avco Lycoming Corporation.

Rex G. Beasley, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, of Wichita, argued the cause, and John T. Conlee and Thomas J. Lasater, of the same firm, were with him on the brief for the appellee, The Piper Aircraft Corporation.

F.C. McMaster, of McMaster & McMaster, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the brief for the appellee, Midwest Piper, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

PRAGER, J.:

This is an action brought by the plaintiffs, Dr. Robert F. Hustead and Joy K. Hustead, his wife, to recover damages for personal injuries suffered in an airplane crash. The defendants involved on this appeal are the Bendix Corporation, Avco Lycoming Corporation, The Piper Aircraft Corporation, and Midwest Piper, Inc.

Each plaintiff's action was brought on the basis of three legal theories: (1) negligence...

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