RAINEY v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP.

Nos. 84-3625, 84-3626.

827 F.2d 1498 (1987)

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 and Whitney Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Rondi M. KNOWLTON, Individually and as Personnel Representative of the Estate of Donald Bruce Knowlton, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BEECH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION, Beech Aerospace Services, Inc., and Pratt and Whitney Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 22, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis K. Larry, Donald H. Partington, Pensacola, Fla., Edward R. Curtis, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

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

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, CLARK, EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This case was taken en banc for the purpose of reconsidering controlling authority in this Circuit concerning the admissibility in evidence of an opinion expressed in an investigative report of an airplane crash. The Court is evenly divided on the issue, however, so that the controlling authority remains as set forth in the panel decision. Since the Court is unanimous in upholding the panel's decision on the other evidentiary issue which requires...

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