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JAMES v. BELL HELICOPTER CO.

No. 82-1019.

715 F.2d 166 (1983)

Jerry Loren JAMES, et al., Plaintiffs, Rocky Mountain Helicopters, Inc., a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELL HELICOPTER COMPANY, et al., Defendants, Bell Helicopter Company, a division of Textron, Inc., a corporation, and Spring Division of Borg-Warner Corp., a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence O. de Coster, Drew E. Pomerance, Ralph S. LaMontagne, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Brown, Herman, Scott, Dean & Miles, George Grant Liser, III, Beale Dean Stephen C. Howell, Fort Worth, Tex., for Bell Helicopter.

Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, John H. Martin, Dallas, Tex., for Avco Corp.

J. Carlisle De Hay, Jr., Kevin J. Cook, John T. Sears, Dallas, Tex., for Borg-Warner Co.

Before REAVLEY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and WYZANSKI, District Judge.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Rocky Mountain Helicopter Co. filed this suit against appellees Bell Helicopter Co. and Borg-Warner Corp. for damages arising from the crash of one of appellant's helicopters. Rocky Mountain asserted products liability and negligent manufacture, design, and testing claims against Bell and Borg-Warner. The district court dismissed the products liability claims prior to trial, and only the negligence claims were tried to a jury. The...

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