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IN RE AIR CRASH DIS. AT M.G. ON SEPT. 11, 1982

No. 84-1446.

769 F.2d 115 (1985)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT MANNHEIM GERMANY ON 9/11/82. Ursula J. SCHOENBORN, as Executrix of the Estate of Leon Edward Schoenborn, Deceased, v. The BOEING COMPANY. Appeal of The BOEING COMPANY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1985.

As Amended July 15, 1985.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Hastings Griffin, Jr. (Argued), E. David Chanin, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., Steven S. Bell, Barry J. Reingold and Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Mark Alan Corchin, Mesirov, Gelman, Jaffe, Cramer & Jamieson, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee Ursula J. Schoenborn, et al.

Philip Silverman, Juanita M. Maadole, Speiser, Krause & Madole, Washington, D.C., for appellee Birgit Brock, et al.

James J. McCarthy (Argued), Magana, Cathcart, McCarthy & Pierry, Los Angeles, Cal., Joseph H. Reiter, Stassen, Kostos & Mason, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee.

Before HUNTER and GARTH, Circuit Judges, and GERRY, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us once again to explore the parameters of the government contractor defense in product liability actions involving an alleged design defect. See Koutsoubos v. Boeing Vertol, 755 F.2d 352 (3d Cir.1985); Brown v. Caterpillar Tractor Co., 741 F.2d 656 (3d Cir.1984).

Plaintiffs in this action are the survivors...

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