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BUTCHER v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 87-4823.

850 F.2d 247 (1988)

Merilyn W. BUTCHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Martha J. NOBLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Carolyn S. DURBIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd J. Logan, Gulfport, Miss., for Butcher.

David C. Frazier, Pascagoula, Miss., for Noble.

Thomas C. Gerity, Jackson, Miss., Bonnie R. Cohen, San Francisco, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

The widows of the victims of a small plane crash appeal from two district courts' summary judgment dismissal of their products liability suit against Cessna Aircraft Co., the manufacturer of the airplane. The district courts in this consolidated suit held that the widows were precluded from suing Cessna because they made inconsistent statements in an earlier state suit and were thus barred by the doctrines...

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