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SNELL v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

No. 95-56365.

107 F.3d 744 (1997)

Dorothy SNELL; Corinne Snell, a minor, and Shannon Snell, a minor, by and through their Guardian ad Litem, Dorothy Snell; Susan Adams; Jacqueline Adams, a minor, by and through her Guardian ad Litem, Susan Adams; Theresa Chapman; Sean Chapman, a minor, by and through his Guardian ad Litem, Theresa Chapman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin M. Zalkin, Law Offices of Irwin M. Zalkin, San Diego, CA; Louis S. Franeke, Mack, Hazelwood & Franeke, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Stephen K. Brunk, Law Offices of Stephen K. Brunk, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: FERNANDEZ and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge:

In this case we decide whether the evidence establishes as a matter of law that the government "approved reasonably precise specifications" entitling a government contractor to immunity under the military contractor defense.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

This is a wrongful death action brought by plaintiffs Dorothy Snell and other members of the families of three individuals (collectively "Snell") who perished...

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