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WOOTON v. PUMPKIN AIR, INC.

No. 88-4101.

869 F.2d 848 (1989)

Paul Ross WOOTON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PUMPKIN AIR, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Gee, III, F. Ray Mouton, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kenneth H. Laborde, Sharon L. Gross, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Pumpkin Air, Inc.

A.R. Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, La., for Bell Helicopter & Textron.

Darrell Cherry, Robert E. Kerrigan, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for AVCO Corp.

Before, THORNBERRY, GEE, and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Paul Wooton was employed by Samedan Oil Company as a rig worker assigned to Samedan's fixed platform located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana on the Outer Continental Shelf (the Shelf). On October 24, 1985 Wooton and seven other passengers boarded a Bell Helicopter operated by Pumpkin Air, Inc. These passengers were to be transported from Intracoastal City, Louisiana to the Samedan platform.

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