ERA HELICOPTERS v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

Civ. A. No. 85-5197.

696 F.Supp. 1096 (1987)

ERA HELICOPTERS, INC. v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Laborde, William V. Dalferes, Jr., Dermot S. McGlinchey, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for ERA Helicopters, Inc.

Howard Daigle, Jr., Stephen P. Hall, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Bell Helicopter, Inc.

Richard K. Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for Allison Gas Turbine Operations.

Russell D. Pulver, Larzelere, Ellefson & Pulver, New Orleans, La., Robert M. Kern, Kern & Wooley, Los Angeles, Cal., for Cooper Airmotive, Availl, Inc.


ROBERT F. COLLINS, District Judge.

Defendant, Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (Bell), has moved the Court for summary judgment in its favor.

This action arose from the crash of plaintiff's helicopter over the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiff has asserted a claim in warranty against Bell, who manufactured the helicopter.

The following facts are undisputed:

1. Plaintiff, ERA Helicopters, Inc. (ERA), has retained an expert witness, Dr. R.J. Waldron, who...

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