ANTHONY v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

Nos. 81-3435, 81-3510.

693 F.2d 495 (1982)

Mary Margaret J. ANTHONY, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, v. BOEING-VERTOL COMPANY and Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gmbh, Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees. Mrs. Slavka PETROVIC, et al., Plaintiffs, Milutin D. Petrovic, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., et al., Defendants, Texaco, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Mary Margaret J. ANTHONY, personal representative and Administratrix of the estate of Carroll J. Anthony, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Defendant-Appellant, v. BOEING-VERTOL COMPANY and Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm Gmbh, Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vance E. Ellefson, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant in both cases.

Lugenbuhl, Larzelere & Ellefson, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant in No. 81-3510.

Liskow & Lewis, Stephen T. Victory, New Orleans, La., for Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GMBH.

Caffery, Oubre & Dugas, Jerry A. Oubre, New Iberia, La., for Texaco.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Howard Daigle, Jr., Harry S. Redmon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Boeing-Vertol.

Before INGRAHAM, REAVLEY and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge:

These appeals arise from four consolidated cases in the court below involving the crash of a helicopter owned and operated by Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI). In the crash, passenger Anthony drowned and passenger Petrovic suffered injuries. The district court entered summary judgment for Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH (MBB), the manufacturer of the helicopter; Boeing-Vertol Division of the Boeing...

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