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APPALACHIAN INS. CO. v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

Docket No. D009875.

214 Cal.App.3d 1 (1989)

262 Cal. Rptr. 716

APPALACHIAN INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

August 29, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Phillip D. Bostwick, James B. Hamlin, David J. Cynamon, Evans Huber, Rintala, Smoot, Jaenicke & Brunswick, William T. Rintala and Robert A. Rees for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Thomas C. Walsh, John J. Hennelly, Jr., Steven L. Hogan, Jeffrey W. Morof, Curtis M. Dombek, Adler, Kaplan & Begy, Larry S. Kaplan, Catherine E. Tinker, Richard F. Baylaender, Myra L. Markey, McKenna, Conner & Cuneo, James J. Gallagher, Barbara J. Hensleigh, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Victoria A. Cloninger, Terry W. Backus, Marc R. Greenberg, Hugh C. Griffin, Diane I. Jennings and Renita Sterling for Defendants and Appellants.

OPINION

KREMER, P.J.

This case involves the failure of a telecommunications satellite owned by Western Union Telegraph Company (Western Union) to reach the desired orbit. Western Union sought to launch its satellite, Westar VI, into orbit from the space shuttle. To reach the desired orbit from the space shuttle, Western Union used an upper stage rocket it purchased from McDonnell Douglas Corporation (McDonnell Douglas). McDonnell...

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