PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC. v. AVCO CORP.

No. 86-4144.

804 F.2d 1367 (1986)

PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AVCO CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Miley, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Kenneth H. Laborde, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Howard Daigle, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Stephen P. Hall, New Orleans, La., for The Garrett Corp.

Before BROWN, RUBIN, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 6, 1987.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A Louisiana company sued a California manufacturer for property damage sustained when its helicopter sank in the coastal waters off Louisiana shores. It alleged that the accident was caused at least in part by a defect in the helicopter float that had been made by the manufacturer and sold by it in New Jersey to a Texas company. The district court dismissed the action for...

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