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AMERICAN STATES INS. CO. v. SOUTHWEST AIRCRAFT

No. 82-2438-MN.

717 F.2d 1189 (1983)

AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. SOUTHWEST AIRCRAFT LEASING INC., a corporation, and Barbee Lee Bellows, personal representative of the estate of Howard A. Bellows, deceased, and the United States of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean K. Johnson, Dean K. Johnson Law Offices, Bloomington, Minn., for appellant.

J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., John M. Lee, Asst. U.S. Atty., Minneapolis, Minn., Gary W. Allen, Asst. Director, Torts Branch, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM.

On July 12, 1978 an airplane piloted by Howard Bellows crashed near Faribault, Minnesota, after flying into an area of heavy thunderstorms. The pilot and five passengers were killed in the crash. At the time of the accident the aircraft was being leased to Ranenhorst, Bellows & Associates, Inc., a Minnesota agricultural business concern, by Southwest Aircraft Leasing, Inc. ("Southwest"). American States Insurance Company ("American States") had issued...

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