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PICKETT v. RTS HELICOPTER

No. 96-31195.

128 F.3d 925 (1997)

Margie A. PICKETT; Terry A. Pound; Angenette Mullet; Michael Brent Pickett, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RTS HELICOPTER, et al., Defendants, PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Intervenor-Defendant-Appellant, v. RTS HELICOPTER LEASING CORPORATION; RTS Capital Services Incorporated, Defendant Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees Appellants, Pacific Scientific Company, Defendant Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennings B. Jones, Jr., Jennifer Jones Bercier, Jones Law Firm, Cameron, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kenneth H. Laborde, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, New Orleans, LA, for RTS Helicopter Leasing Corporation and RTS Capital Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Richard Kearney Christovich, Kevin Richard Tully, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Pacific Scientific Company, Defendant-Appellee.

Before WISDOM, JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a products liability action concerning a helicopter seat belt. It involves interpretations of both the Louisiana Products Liability Act ("LPLA"), La.Rev. Stat.Ann. § 9:2800.51 et seq. (West 1991), and Louisiana Civil Code Article 2317, La. Civ.Code Ann. art. 2317 (West 1979). Margie A. Pickett, Terry A. Pound, Angenette Mullet, and Michael Brent Pickett, widow and children of the helicopter pilot killed by...

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