May 25, 2016
Boeing and Airbus urged the full Third Circuit Tuesday to upend a panel decision reviving a defect suit, arguing that aircraft engine maker Avco Corp. cannot be held to state-law product liability claims because the Federal Aviation Administration has sole authority over aircraft design.
May 18, 2016
Aircraft engine maker Avco Corp. sought to restore its win in a defect suit Tuesday, telling the Third Circuit it shirked precedent and contradicted the Federal Aviation Administration's position by finding the Federal Aviation Act does not preempt state-law product liability claims.
April 19, 2016
The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that the Federal Aviation Act does not preempt state law product liability claims, reversing a lower court's decision for aircraft engine manufacturers in a widow's suit alleging that defects in a single-engine plane's design caused her husband's fatal crash.