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McKAY v. ROCKWELL INTERN. CORP.

Nos. 81-5540 to 81-5543.

704 F.2d 444 (1983)

Janice McKAY, Executrix of the Estate of Lt. Cdr. Malcolm Wagner McKay, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Marie CARSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Frank J. Carson, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Jacobs, Irwin, Hale & Jacobs, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert Forgnone, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before SNEED, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges, and HARDY, District Judge.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

These are consolidated wrongful death actions arising out of two unrelated crashes of RA-5C naval aircraft in the waters off the coast of Florida. The widows of the two Navy pilots killed in the crashes seek damages from Rockwell International Corp. ("Rockwell"), the manufacturer of the RA-5C aircraft and its ejection system. The district court held that Rockwell was liable for the pilots' deaths because of defects in the aircraft's ejection...

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