FARIA v. M/V LOUISE

No. 90-56122.

945 F.2d 1142 (1991)

Joao Manual Garces FARIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. M/V LOUISE V, LOUISE V, Inc., Defendants. Estavo Jose Garces CORREIA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. M/V LOUISE V, et al., Defendants. LOUISE V, INC., Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HUGHES HELICOPTERS, INC., a subsidiary of McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, McDonnell-Douglas Corporation, Third-Party-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Morse, Peter T. Kirchen, Kern & Wooley, Los Angeles, Cal., for third-party-defendants-appellants.

Robert S. Brewer, Jr., Chapin, Brewer, Winet & Ward, San Diego, Cal., for third-party-plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and GOODWIN and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company ("MDHC")1 appeals a judgment requiring it to indemnify Louise V., Inc. ("Louise V") for damages stemming from a series of personal injury claims.

Employees Joao Faria and Estavo Correia sued M/V Louise and Louise V for injuries sustained in a series of four accidents. Two of the accidents occurred while Faria and Correia were passengers in helicopters manufactured by...

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