RAINEY v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

Nos. 84-3625, 84-3626.

784 F.2d 1523 (1986)

John C. RAINEY, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara A. Rainey, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Beech Aerospace Services, Inc., and Pratt & Whitney Canada, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Rondi M. KNOWLTON, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald Bruce Knowlton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Beech Aerospace Services, Inc., and Pratt & Whitney Canada, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing Granted and Opinion Vacated May 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis K. Larry, Donald H. Partington, Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Thomas E. Scott, Joseph W. Womack, R. Benjamin Reid, Miami, Fla., Robert P. Gaines, Joe J. Harrell, Pensacola, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Granted and Opinion Vacated May 27, 1986.

PER CURIAM:

Barbara Ann Rainey and Donald Bruce Knowlton died on July 13, 1982 in a fiery plane crash at Middleton Field, Alabama. Their spouses, John Charles Rainey ("Rainey") and Rondi M. Knowlton ("Knowlton") sought money damages under the Florida Wrongful Death Act, Fla.Stat. §§ 768.16-.27 (1985), in district court.1 The jury returned a verdict against Rainey...

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