U.S. AVIATION, INC. v. FITCHBURG-LEOMINSTER, INC.

No. 94-1644.

42 F.3d 84 (1994)

UNITED STATES AVIATION UNDERWRITERS, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. FITCHBURG-LEOMINSTER, FLYING CLUB, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees, and Deborah G. Crocker, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Traver Clinton Smith, Jr., Boston, MA, with whom Michael P. Giunta, Rockland, MA, and Margot A. Clower, Boston, MA, were on brief for appellant Crocker.

Richard M. Sharp with whom John Moustakas, Washington, DC, Peter L. Puciloski, Boston, MA, and Keith D. Dunnigan, Bridgeport, CT, were on brief for appellee U.S. Aviation Underwriters, Inc.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Deborah Crocker sued the Fitchburg-Leominster Flying Club, Inc. and her former husband (the insureds) in state court to recover $1,000,000 for injuries suffered when, on exiting a plane to seek help in parking it, she accidentally walked into its rotating propeller. The plane was owned by the Club and was being operated by her then husband. The liability insurer brought this diversity action in the United States District Court for the...

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