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MOORHEAD v. MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT INTERN., INC.

No. 86-2625.

828 F.2d 278 (1987)

Ruth Henderson MOORHEAD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee. Linda M. HUTCHINSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee. Rose Marie Baker McNEILL, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied November 2, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.W. Anderson, Dallas, Tex., Larry P. Boyd, Houston, Tex., for Rose Marie Baker McNeill, et al.

Tom H. Davis, Austin, Tex., for Hutchinson plaintiffs.

Scott Baldwin, Marshall, Tex., for Ruth Henderson Moorhead, et al.

Jan Von Flatern, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., J. Paul McGarth, William J. Cornelius, Jr., Washington, D.C., for U.S.

Before WISDOM, WILLIAMS, and HILL, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

On September 2, 1981, a Mitsubishi MU-2B-25 airplane piloted by Raymond D. Baker accumulated ice and crashed near McLeod, Texas.1 The crash killed all five occupants of the plane.2

About nine hours before departure, the National Weather Service issued an areawide forecast for Oklahoma, New Mexico, Texas, and coastal waters.3 This included, among numerous...

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