MONGER v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 86-1555.

812 F.2d 402 (1987)

Kevin Brent MONGER, II, Amanda Keann Monger, Minors By and Through their Next Friend and Guardian, Appellants, United Missouri Bank of Kansas City, National Association, Ashby Monger, Huberta Monger and Evelyn Register, Appellants, v. The CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided February 23, 1987.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn E. Bradford, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

John W. Cowden, Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge, BRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge, and MAGILL, Circuit Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Kevin Brent Monger II and Amanda Keann Monger ("Monger")1, brought this diversity action under Missouri's wrongful death statute, Mo.Rev.Stat. § 537.020, against the Cessna Aircraft Company ("Cessna"), seeking damages for the death of their parents in the crash of a Cessna 210-J aircraft. They alleged negligence in the design of the aircraft, as well as strict liability. After a three-week trial, the jury returned...

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