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SORIA v. SIERRA PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 15817, 15818.

726 P.2d 706 (1986)

111 Idaho 594

Cherie SORIA, Plaintiff/Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. SIERRA PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Respondent, and deHavilland of Canada, a corporation; and Western Aircraft Maintenance, a division of Morrison-Knudsen Co., a corporation, Defendants/Respondents, and Transwestern Airlines, Inc., a corporation; Doe I; Doe II; Doe III and Corporate Does I Through X, Defendants. Bernie RYAN, Plaintiff/Respondent/Cross-Appellant, v. SIERRA PACIFIC AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Respondent, and deHavilland of Canada, a corporation; and Western Aircraft Maintenance, a division of Morrison-Knudsen Co., a corporation, Defendants/Respondents, and Transwestern Airlines, Inc., a corporation; Doe I; Doe II; Doe III and Corporate Does I Through X, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied October 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Boller, Hailey, Lloyd J. Webb (argued), of Webb, Burton, Carlson & Pedersen, Twin Falls, and Philip L. Johnson (argued), of Engstrom, Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, Cal. for appellant/cross-respondent Sierra Pacific Airlines, Inc.

Mark S. Geston and Kathleen Perkins Brooks (argued), of Eberle, Berlin, Kading, Turnbow & Gillespie, Chartered, Boise, for respondent The deHavilland Aircraft of Canada, Ltd.

James J. McCarthy, Los Angeles, Cal. (argued), and Rand Peebles, Ketchum, for respondent/cross-appellant Cherie Soria.

E. Lee Schlender (argued), and Michael F. Donovan, Ketchum, for respondent/cross-appellant Bernie Ryan.

Michael W. Moore, of Imhoff & Lynch, Boise, for respondent Western Aircraft Maintenance.

BISTLINE, Justice.

This case involves the crash of a commercial airplane. The facts—extensive as they are—need to be separated into four categories in order that all six issues on appeal can properly be understood. The four categories are: (1) facts relating to the airplane accident; (2) facts relating to the results of post-accident investigations; (3) facts relating to the plaintiffs' injuries; and (4) facts relating to the trial.

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