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FOSEN v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.

No. 79 Civ. 92 (CHT).

484 F.Supp. 490 (1980)

Bjord Turid FOSEN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jan Fosen, Deceased; Anne Marie Drangeld, Personal Representative of the Estate of Olan Drangeld, Deceased; Kathleen Marie Torsøe, Personal Representative of the Estate of Hans Aksel Torsøe, Deceased; Maren Dahl, Personal Representative of the Estate of Stale Dahl, Deceased; and Ingunn Koppergard, Personal Representative of the Estate of Age Koppergard, Deceased, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, d/b/a United Technologies Corporation of New York City; United Aircraft International, Inc., d/b/a United Aircraft Corporation; All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., d/b/a All Nippon Airways, Inc., Americas; and All Nippon Airways, Inc., Americas, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Jaroslawicz, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendants United Technologies Corp. and United Technologies Intern., Inc.; John J. Martin, Edward M. O'Brien, New York City, of counsel.

Condon & Forsyth, New York City, for defendant All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.; George N. Tompkins, Jr., Desmond T. Barry, Jr., Katherine B. Posner, New York City, of counsel.

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, New York City, for defendant All Nippon Airways, Inc., Americas; Peter E. Fleming, Jr., Eliot Lauer, Mark D. Speed, New York City, of counsel.

OPINION

TENNEY, District Judge.

This wrongful death action arises out of a helicopter crash that occurred on November 23, 1977 in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. The plaintiffs, five Norwegian citizens, instituted this suit as personal representatives of five Norwegian citizens who were killed in the accident. The decedents were employed by the Phillips Petroleum Company and worked on a mobile drilling rig in the North Sea. The accident occurred when...

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