Elsworth v. Beech Aircraft Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “in spite of the fact that federal law may have completely occupied the field of regulation of aircraft safety ... remedies that a party may have under state law” are not abridged by the FAA
• upholding a verdict in which the jury found the defendant liable for negligently violating FA A safety regulations
• affirming damages award against airplane manufacturer despite FAA approval under Type Certificate
• federal regulation does not implicitly preempt state damage actions for conduct inconsistent with regulations
• “[T]here is nothing inherently inconsistent in the proposition that even if the federal government has entirely occupied the field of regulating an activity a state may simultaneously grant damages for violation of such regulations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).