McLAUGHLIN v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT

Docket No. 26118.

148 Cal.App.3d 203 (1983)

195 Cal. Rptr. 764

DONALD R. McLAUGHLIN et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

October 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McInnis, Fitzgerald, Rees, Sharkey & McIntyre, James R. Milliken and James E. Chodzko for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, Rudi M. Brewster and Stephen Landuyt for Defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

LEWIS, J.*

Plaintiffs Donald R. McLaughlin and David Claude Hieter appeal a judgment after a jury returned a special verdict in favor of Sikorsky Aircraft in this products liability case for personal injury damages. The case was tried exclusively on a theory of strict liability due to alleged defective design. First and primarily, plaintiffs alleged defective design of the flight control system...

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