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BRAKE v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

Docket No. A016288.

184 Cal.App.3d 930 (1986)

229 Cal. Rptr. 336

RUTH C. BRAKE, as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent. CARROLL JUNE McCARTER, as Administratrix, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

July 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jerome J. Berchin, Berchin & Berchin, Daniel C. Cathcart, Deborah Mitzenmacher and Magana, Cathcart, McCarthy & Pierry for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

William H. Owen, Owen, Melbye & Rohlff, Robert S. Wolfe and Morris, Polich & Purdy for Defendant and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

SMITH, J.

The 1976 crash of a twin-engine aircraft, a Beechcraft Baron 58, took the lives of William P. Brake and Donald E. McCarter. Their widows, as administrators of the estates, brought independent actions for wrongful death against the plane's manufacturer, Beech Aircraft Corporation, and the actions were consolidated for jury trial. Plaintiff...

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