No. 18-1335
Continental Motors, Inc. v. Elizabeth Snider, et al.
Response Waived
Tags: aviation-accident aviation-safety component-part component-part-defect component-part-liability general-aviation general-aviation-revitalization-act manufacturer-immunity manufacturer-liability manufacturing-defect preemption product-liability statute-of-repose
Latest Conference:
2019-06-20
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the preemptive statute of repose created
by the General Aviation Revitalization Act, 49 U.S.C.
§ 40101, insulates the designer and manufacturer of a
37-year-old general aviation engine from liability for
an accident whose sole cause was a forging defect in a
new component part forged by another manufacturer.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the preemptive statute of repose created by the General Aviation Revitalization Act insulates the designer and manufacturer of a 37-year-old general aviation engine from liability for an accident whose sole cause was a forging defect in a new component part forged by another manufacturer
Docket Entries
2019-06-24
Petition DENIED.
2019-06-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/20/2019.
2019-05-03
Waiver of right of respondents Elizabeth C. Snider, et al. to respond filed.
2019-04-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 24, 2019)
Attorneys
Continental Motors, Inc.
Douglas E. Winter — Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Petitioner
Elizabeth C. Snider, et al.
John R. Merinar Jr. — Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Respondent