FOUR CORNERS HELICOPTERS, INC. v. TURBOMECA, S.A.

No. 91-1295.

979 F.2d 1434 (1992)

FOUR CORNERS HELICOPTERS, INC., a Colorado corporation; Jenny R. Paton, as surviving spouse and as personal representative of the Estate of William Paton, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TURBOMECA, S.A., a French corporation, Defendant-Appellant, and Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, a French corporation; Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation, a Delaware corporation; Avialle, Inc., a Delaware corporation; Roberts Aircraft, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

November 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Wells (J. Mark Smith and Stephen J. Baity, with her on the briefs), of Weller, Friedrich, Ward & Andrew, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

James A. Cederberg (Douglas E. Bragg, with him on the brief), of Bragg, Baker & Cederberg, P.C., and Chris A. Mattison (Alan Epstein, with him on the brief), of Hall & Evans, Denver, Colo. for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before LOGAN, HOLLOWAY and BARRETT, Circuit Judges.


BARRETT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Turbomeca, S.A. (Turbomeca) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs Jenny Paton and Four Corners Helicopters, Inc. (Four Corners).

Factual Background

This case arises from a helicopter crash which resulted in the death of pilot William Paton (Paton), husband of Jenny Paton. At the time of the accident, Paton was operating an Aerospatiale SA 315 B "Lama" helicopter for his employer, Four Corners...

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