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2017 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305 Aircraft and Airports
Section 305.040 Liability of aircraft owner determined by tort law.
Universal Citation: MO Rev Stat § 305.040 (2017)
Effective 28 Aug 1939
Title XIX MOTOR VEHICLES, WATERCRAFT AND AVIATION
Chapter 305305.040. Liability of aircraft owner determined by tort law. — The liability of the owner of one aircraft, to the owner of another aircraft, or to aeronauts or passengers on either aircraft, for damage caused by collision on land or in the air shall be determined by the rules of law applicable to torts on land.
(RSMo 1939 § 15109)
Prior revision: 1929 § 13908
(1959) The usual rules applicable to torts apply to aviation accidents, and there is no mandatory requirement that the standard of care be established by expert testimony. Arrow Aviation Inc. v. Moore, 266 F.2d 488.
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