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MURPHY v. COLORADO AVIATION, INC.

No. 76-635.

588 P.2d 877 (1978)

Pamela Opal Lee MURPHY, Individually, and Terry Michael Murphy and James Shannon Murphy, Individually and through their next friend and mother Pamela Opal Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COLORADO AVIATION, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. I.

Rehearing Denied September 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert Hafif, John W. Elliott, Claremont, Cal., Hoffman, McDermott & Hoffman, Gene M. Hoffman, Denver, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Paul D. Renner, P. C., Paul D. Renner, L. B. Ullstrom, Denver, for defendant-appellant.

STERNBERG, Judge.

Audie Murphy was killed in the crash of defendant's airplane in Virginia. The plaintiffs, who are Murphy's widow and their two sons, filed this suit for damages under the Colorado Wrongful Death Statute, claiming that Murphy's death was caused by the negligence of defendant's pilot. The jury agreed and awarded the plaintiffs damages of $2,500,000. Judgment was entered on the verdict, and defendant appeals. We affirm.

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