NICHOLS v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 92-5133.

17 F.3d 119 (1994)

John R. NICHOLS and Irene Nichols, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., et al., Defendants. Jimmie John MILLER, JR. and Jolain Miller, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Terrance Hoychick, Young, Hoychick & Aguillard, Eunice, LA, for Miller, et al.

Kenneth H. Laborde, Mary Garvey Algero, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, New Orleans, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge and GARWOOD, Circuit Judge, and PARKER, District Judge.


ROBERT M. PARKER, District Judge:

In this consolidated case arising in admiralty, Plaintiff-Appellant Jimmie John Miller, Jr. (Miller) filed suit against Defendant-Appellee Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI) for injuries allegedly sustained in a helicopter crash in the Gulf of Mexico on July 14, 1988. Following PHI's pre-trial stipulation of liability, the only issue at trial was damages. The sole legal question was whether Miller's wife (Jolain Miller) had a claim...

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