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OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC. v. TALLENTIRE

No. 85-202.

477 U.S. 207 (1986)

OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., ET AL. v. TALLENTIRE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 1986

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Jones argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were J. B. Ruhl and Howard Daigle, Jr.

Charles Hanemann argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was V. Farley Sonnier.*

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the Association of Trial Lawyers of America by James A. George and Peter Perlman; and for Domengeaux & Wright by William Rutledge.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed for the Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association by Drew Ranier; for the Texas Trial Lawyers Association by Robert A. Chaffin; and for Kenneth G. Engerrand, pro se.

JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondents' husbands were killed when petitioner Air Logistic's helicopter, in which the decedents were traveling, crashed into the high seas. The issue presented is whether the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 41 Stat. 537, 46 U. S. C. § 761 et seq., provides the exclusive remedy by which respondents may recover against petitioner for the wrongful death...

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