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GLORVIGEN v. CIRRUS DESIGN CORP.

Nos. A10-1242, A10-1243, A10-1246, A10-1247.

816 N.W.2d 572 (2012)

Rick GLORVIGEN, as Trustee for the next of kin of decedent James Kosak, Appellant, Thomas M. Gartland, as Trustee for the next of kin of decedent Gary R. Prokop, Appellant, v. CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION, Respondent, Estate of Gary Prokop, by and through Katherine Prokop as Personal Representative, Appellant, University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Sieff , Vincent J. Moccio , Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Glorvigen.

Sam Hanson , Diane B. Bratvold , Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN; and Edward J. Matonich , Darrold E. Persson , David Arndt , Matonich & Persson, Chartered, Hibbing, MN, for appellant Gartland.

Bruce Jones , Daniel J. Connolly , Daniel J. Herber , Faegre & Benson LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Patrick E. Bradley , Reed Smith, LLP, Princeton, NJ, for respondent Cirrus Design Corporation.

Timothy R. Schupp , Robert W. Vaccaro , Gaskins, Bennett, Birrell, Schupp, L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for appellant Estate of Prokop.

Charles E. Lundberg , Steven P. Aggergaard , Bassford Remele , A Professional Association, Minneapolis, MN; and William J. Katt , Leib & Katt, LLC, Milwaukee, WI, for respondent University of North Dakota Aerospace Foundation.

Lori Swanson , Attorney General, Alan I. Gilbert , Solicitor General, John S. Garry , Assistant Attorney General, Saint Paul, MN, for amicus curiae State of Minnesota.

Wilbur W. Fluegel , Fluegel Law Office, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Minnesota Association for Justice.

Mark B. Rotenberg , General Counsel, William P. Donohue , Deputy General Counsel, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, for amicus curiae Regents of the University of Minnesota.

Mark S. Olson , Michael J. Vanselow , Mark Schneebeck , Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Minneapolis, MN; and Hugh F. Young, Jr. , Product Liability Advisory Council, Reston, VA, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

William M. Hart , Damon L. Highly , Meagher & Geer P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, for amici curiae Minnesota Private College Council, Minnesota Career College Association, and Minnesota Defense Lawyers Association.

Robert J. Hajek , Hajek & Beauclaire, LLC, Minnetonka, MN; and Kenneth M. Mead , Baker Botts, L.L.P., Washington, DC; and Ronald D. Golden , Raymond C. Speciale , Yodice Associates, Frederick, MD, for amicus curiae Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

OPINION

ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.

This case requires our court to decide whether an airplane manufacturer owed a duty to a noncommercial pilot who, after purchasing an airplane from the manufacturer but failing to receive all of the flight training promised to him as part of that purchase, died when his airplane crashed. Gary R. Prokop and his passenger, James Kosak, died when Prokop's Cirrus SR22 airplane crashed near Hill City. Prokop had purchased...

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