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VADALA v. TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 94-1280.

44 F.3d 36 (1995)

Judith A. VADALA, Executrix of the Estate of P.A. Vadala, a/k/a Patrick A., and Vadala Management Corporation, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. TELEDYNE INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 10, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia D. Stewart with whom Timothy J. Healey and Healey & Stewart, Norwell, MA, were on brief, for appellants.

Peter M. DelVecchio with whom Jerome M. Leonard and Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In December of 1986, Patrick Vadala purchased a used twin-engine Cessna airplane; at that time, both the airplane and the engines (made by a division of Teledyne Industries) were approximately 20 years old. On July 14, 1988, after logging fewer than 50 hours on the airplane, Vadala reported a loss of oil pressure in the right engine to air traffic controllers while attempting to land at Taunton Airport in Massachusetts. Several minutes later...

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