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MERGEN v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP.

Nos. CA 86 1164 to CA 86 1168.

524 So.2d 1348 (1988)

Mary Jo MERGEN, et al v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP., et al. MOORE DATA SYSTEMS, INC., et al v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP., et al. Arthur J. JONES, et al. v. MOORE DATA SYSTEMS, INC., et al. Thomas MERGEN, et al v. PIPER AIRCRAFT, INC., et al. Robert MERGEN, et al v. PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendall H. Gauthier, Metairie, for plaintiffs-appellants Mary Jo Mergen, Thomas Mergen, and Robert Mergen.

Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellants Moore Data Systems, Inc. and Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Walton J. Barnes, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Arthur J. Jones, Annie L.K. Jones, and Mary H. Jones.

L. Albert Forrest, New Iberia, for defendant-appellee Avco Corp., Lycoming Div.

Donald O. Collins, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee Piper Aircraft Corp.

Robert D. Hoover, Baton Rouge, for intervenor-appellant Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co.

W. Luther Wilson, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Louisiana Aircraft, Inc.

Terrance C. McRea, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee The Bendix Corp.

Before LOTTINGER, EDWARDS and ALFORD, JJ.

EDWARDS, Judge.

This case arose from the October 31, 1982, crash of a twin-engine Piper airplane which killed the pilot, Jack Mergen, and his two passengers. All three men worked for Moore Data Systems, Inc., (MDSI) the owner of the plane. MDSI purchased the new Piper aircraft on February 26, 1982, from Louisiana Aircraft, Inc. The plane was manufactured by Piper Aircraft Corp. (Piper), its engines were designed and manufactured by Avco Corp., Lycoming Division (Avco...

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