AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC. v. GPA GROUP, LTD.

No. 88-1657.

877 F.2d 793 (1989)

AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC.; Protection Mutual Insurance Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GPA GROUP, LTD.; Aer Linte Eireann Teoranta; Aircraft Technical Services, Inc., Defendants, and GPA Corporation; Airmotive Ireland, Ltd.; United Technologies Corporation; Pratt & Whitney, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur S. Beeman, Robins, Zelle, Larson & Kaplan, Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Eileen J. Moore, Snell & Wilmer, Joseph A. Schenk, Beus, Gilbert, Wake & Morrill, and James Ackerman, Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLETCHER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

America West Airlines appeals the district court's judgment dismissing its suit to recover damages allegedly occurring as a result of faulty engine maintenance by one of the defendants. We affirm.

I. FACTS

This lawsuit arises as a result of damages sustained by America West Airlines ("AWA") when one of its aircraft engines stalled and caught fire shortly after takeoff from Omaha...

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