MIDWEST HELICOPTERS AIRWAYS v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT

Civ. A. No. 91-C-1393.

849 F.Supp. 666 (1994)

MIDWEST HELICOPTERS AIRWAYS, INC., an Illinois corporation; Midwest Truxton International, Inc., an Illinois corporation, subrogors; and the Home Insurance Company, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, subrogee, Plaintiffs, v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT, A DIVISION OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Wisconsin.

February 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth D. Ross, Ross & Harrington, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Eric J. Van Vugt, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for defendant.

Michael R. Wherry, Davis & Kuelthau, S.C., Milwaukee, WI, Richard J. Durden, Adler, Kaplan & Begy, Chicago, IL, for third-party defendants.


ORDER

TERENCE T. EVANS, Chief Judge.

This products liability case arises out of a helicopter crash that occurred on April 11, 1989. The helicopter was owned by Midwest Truxton International, Inc. and operated by Midwest Helicopters Airways (collectively "Midwest"). The helicopter was manufactured by defendant Sikorsky Aircraft.

Sikorsky originally manufactured the helicopter for the German military in the early 1960's. In 1974, Sikorsky reacquired...

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