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BILL HAMES SHOWS, INC. v. J. J. TAYLOR SYNDICATE # 173

No. 80-1888 Summary Calendar.

642 F.2d 179 (1981)

BILL HAMES SHOWS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. J. TAYLOR SYNDICATE # 173 et al., Defendants and Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, Buster L. Brown et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 4, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Strasburger & Price, Patrick F. McGowan, Dallas, Tex., for defendants and third party plaintiffs-appellants.

Christopher, Bailey & Taylor, M. Ward Bailey, Hooper, Chappell & Broiles, Winfred Hooper, Jr., William R. Brown, Forth Worth, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEE, RUBIN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

About four years ago an aircraft belonging to appellee Bill Hames Shows, Inc. crashed while on a test flight. Being tested was a device designed to permit hand control of the aircraft's rudder, customarily manipulated by foot pressure on a rudder bar or pedal. The underwriters insuring the aircraft refused payment of claims for its loss, claiming the installation of the hand control had destroyed coverage. Suit was filed, and trial resulted in...

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