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McKEE v. COLT ELECTRONICS CO., INC.

No. 628, Docket 87-7774.

849 F.2d 46 (1988)

Mary L. McKEE, as Executrix under the Will of Gordon N. McKee, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLT ELECTRONICS CO., INC., the Garrett Corporation and Lockheed Corporation, Defendants, the Lockheed Corporation and Phoenix Aerospace, Inc., Defendants-Appellants. The GARRETT CORPORATION and Lockheed Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. TEXASGULF, INC., and Texasgulf Aviation, Inc., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard F. Lawler, New York City (Whitman & Ransom, John M. Newell, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Randal R. Craft, Jr., New York City (Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, John P. Marinan, of counsel), for third-party defendants-appellants, Texasgulf, Inc. and Texasgulf Aviation, Inc.

Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash. (Sherilyn Peterson, Richard C. Coyle, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Garrett Corp.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, PRATT, Circuit Judge, and PETER C. DORSEY, United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, sitting by designation.

GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a damage award is part of the litigation that arose out of the 1981 crash at Westchester County Airport of a corporate jet owned by third-party defendants Texasgulf, Inc., and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Texasgulf Aviation, Inc. (collectively, "Texasgulf"). Plaintiff's decedent, Gordon McKee, who was the vice-president/treasurer of Texasgulf, was among the six passengers killed in that crash.

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