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BEST v. HONEYWELL, INC.

Civ. No. B-74-197.

491 F.Supp. 269 (1980)

Stephen L. BEST, as Administrator of The Estate of Joseph Clifford Dietrich, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. HONEYWELL, INC., Defendant. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT DIVISION, UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff, v. HONEYWELL, INC., Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

May 5, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore I. Koskoff, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, Bridgeport, Conn., Milton G. Sincoff, Steven Earl Anderson, pro hac vice, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiff.

Shaun S. Sullivan, Patrick Noonan, Wiggin & Dana, New Haven, Conn., for defendant and third-party plaintiff Sikorsky Div., United Aircraft.

Arnold J. Bai, Karen L. Karpie, Bai, Pollock & Dunnigan, Bridgeport, Conn., for defendant and third-party defendant Honeywell, Inc.

RULING ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR A DIRECTED VERDICT

EGINTON, District Judge.

This is an action in admiralty for wrongful death damages brought under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. § 761 et seq., for the drowning death of Joseph Clifford Dietrich as the result of a helicopter crash in May, 1973. Plaintiff, Stephen Best, proceeds under DOHSA on three theories of liability: negligence, strict liability and breach of warranties.

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