ROCKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS v. BELL HELICOPTER

Civ. A. Nos. CA-4-78-54-K, CA-4-78-110-K and CA-4-78-215-K.

491 F.Supp. 611 (1979)

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS, INC. v. BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY, A Division of Textron, Inc. Jerry Loren JAMES, Richard Thomas Woodworth, Jere R. Calef, Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc., A Corporation v. BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY, A Division of Textron, Inc., A Corporation, Avco-Lycoming Division of Avco Corporation, A Corporation, Spring Division of Borg-Warner Corporation, A Corporation. ROCKY MOUNTAIN HELICOPTERS, INC. v. BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY, A Division of Textron, Inc., A Corporation, Avco-Lycoming Division of Avco Corporation, A Corporation, Spring Division of Borg-Warner Corporation, A Corporation.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Fort Worth Division.

October 19, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry DeCoster, Kern & Wooley, Santa Monica, Cal., John R. Howie, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff.

Frank Finn, Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, Dallas, Tex., for AVCO.

Beale Dean, Fort Worth, Tex., for Bell.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

BELEW, District Judge.

This opinion deals with three causes of action arising out of three separate crashes of aircraft manufactured by Defendant Bell Helicopter Company (Bell). The asserted theories of recovery are, for all practical purposes, identical and counsel for each of the parties has briefed and argued the three cases as a unit.

Defendants Bell and Borg-Warner, Inc. (Borg...

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