TRUMP TAJ MAHAL, ASSOC. v. COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE GIOVANNI

Civ. A. No. 90-3245(JFG).

761 F.Supp. 1143 (1991)

TRUMP TAJ MAHAL ASSOCIATES, a Limited Partnership, Trump Castle Associates, Trump Plaza Associates, and Helicopter Air Services, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE GIOVANNI AGUSTA, S.p.A., Agusta S.p.A., Gruppo Agusta, Agusta Aviation Corporation, a/k/a Agusta Aerospace, and Paramount Aviation, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 11, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wolk, Genter & Harrington, by Arthur Alan Wolk, James D. Golkow, Catherine B. Slavin, Haddon Philadelphia, Pa., and McGahn, Friss and Miller, by Patrick T. McGahn, Jr., Atlantic City, N.J., for plaintiffs.

La Brum & Doak, by John L. White, Woodbury, N.J., and Condon & Forsyth, by Rudolph V. Pino, Jr., Patricia A. Fried, New York City, for defendants, Agusta S.p.A., Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni Agusta S.p.A., Gruppo Agusta and Agusta Aerospace Corp.

Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, by George E. Rahn, Jr., Ralph G. Wellington, Philip G. Kircher, Deborah L. Guerra, J. Denny Shupe, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant, Paramount Aviation Corp.


OPINION

GERRY, Chief Judge:

This case arises from the notorious helicopter crash on October 10, 1989 in Lacey Township, New Jersey, in which three top executives in Donald Trump's organization were killed. Plaintiffs are the three Trump owned Atlantic City casinos (collectively "Trump") and Helicopter Air Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Linden, New Jersey. Defendants are Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni Agusta...

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