GIBBS v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 93-274.

629 So.2d 437 (1993)

Ronald GIBBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Schwartzberg, Lake Charles, for Ronald Gibbs.

Chester Theodore Alpaugh, III, Metairie, for Petroleum Helicopters, Inc.

Frederick Theodore Haas, III, New Orleans, for Insurance Co. of North America.

Before GUIDRY, KNOLL and SAUNDERS, JJ.


SAUNDERS, Judge.

This case involves a claim for damages for a mental or emotional injury without accompanying physical injury.

On May 22, 1989, plaintiff-appellant, Ronald Gibbs, while employed by Forest Oil Corporation, was a passenger in a helicopter owned by Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., defendant-appellee, when it lost power and nearly plunged into the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiff alleges that, as a result of being tossed and shaken inside the helicopter,...

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