BELL HELICOPTER CO. v. BRADSHAW

No. 1424.

594 S.W.2d 519 (1979)

BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY, a Division of Textron, Inc., Appellant, v. Phil BRADSHAW, Sr., Maurice Hunsaker, Joe Ingle d/b/a Coastal Helicopters and Joe Smith, Appellees.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward P. Fahey, Thomas H. Crofts, Jr., Groce, Locke & Hebdon, San Antonio, for appellant.

David L. Perry, William R. Edwards, Edwards & Perry, George W. Shaffer, Mahoney, Shaffer, Hatch & Layton, Charles R. Cunningham, Howard F. Sudduth, Corpus Christi, S. Benton Davies, Jr., Guy P. Allison, Allison & Davies, San Antonio, Guy H. Allison, Corpus Christi, for appellees.


OPINION

BISSETT, Justice.

This case involves an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiffs in a jury tried products liability action brought after the July 20, 1975, crash of a helicopter. Plaintiffs Phil Bradshaw, Sr., and Maurice Hunsaker, who were passengers on the ill-fated helicopter, brought suit against Bell Helicopter Company, the original manufacturer and seller of the craft, for personal injuries under negligence and strict liability; against Joe...

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