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FITTS v. MINNESOTA MIN. & MFG. CO.

89-1415.

581 So.2d 819 (1991)

Floyd O. FITTS, as administrator ad litem of the Estate of Susan Fitts Gafford, deceased, et al. v. MINNESOTA MINING & MANUFACTURING COMPANY and Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Ryan deGraffenried, Jr. of deGraffenried, Tipton & Donaldson, Tuscaloosa, James J. Thompson, Jr. and Bruce J. McKee of Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton and Mark Stephens of Emond & Vines, Birmingham, for appellants.

Hobart A. McWhorter, Jr. and Norman Jetmundsen, Jr. of Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, for appellee Minnesota Min. and Mfg. Co.

LaBella S. Alvis of Rives & Peterson, Birmingham, for appellee Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.

SHORES, Justice.

Dr. William Gafford, his wife Susan, and their three children were killed in August 1983 when the plane he was piloting crashed shortly after takeoff near Ebro, Florida. All five family members were residents of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and were returning home from a Florida vacation.

Two separate wrongful death/product liability actions were filed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, in 1985. One was brought by William F. Gafford...

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