SPELLISSY v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

No. 86-3260.

823 F.2d 438 (1987)

Susan Aline SPELLISSY, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael J. Spellissy, deceased, et al.; Carol Joan Balog, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert William Balog, deceased, et al.; Joseph Bialowicz, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Mark Bialowicz, et al.; Hope Gibson, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Gibson, deceased, et al.; Suellen Sebring, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Larry Thomas Sebring, deceased, et al.; Nicholas J. Caltagirone, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Ronald J. Caltagirone, deceased, et al.; Christine Ann Keck, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Norman Keck, deceased, et al; Marie Koch, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Edward Koch, deceased, et al.; Kikuie McCord, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Collie McCord, deceased, et al.; Virginia Beach, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Edward J. Beach, deceased, et al.; Melissa V. Kelly, Lenora A. Barnett, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Larry Dean Barnett, et al.; Maira Rita O Campos, individually and as one qualified to be Personal Representative of the Estate of Liberto Campos, deceased, et al.; Brenda McConkey, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert F. McConkey, III, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton, Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orsek, Parks, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow & Olin, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Cooper, Jr., Port Haywood, Va., for Barnett.

Robert B. White, Rapp, White, Janssen & German, Philadelphia, Pa., for McConkey, et al.

Kathleen M. O'Connor, Thornton, David & Murray, Miami, Fla., for General Dynamics Corp.

Robert F. Spohrer, Norwood S. Wilner, Zisser, Robison, Spohrer, Wilner & Harris, P.A., Jacksonville, Fla., Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr., Kern & Wooley, Los Angeles, Cal., for Aviall, Inc.

Before KRAVITCH and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by an injured passenger and by next-of-kin or the personal representatives of persons killed in the crash of a Navy airplane in the St. John's River near Jacksonville, Florida from a verdict in favor of the defendant, Aviall, which had repaired the engine whose failure caused the crash, and from the dismissal on motion for summary judgment of their complaint against General Dynamics, the manufacturer of the aircraft...

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