WILLIAMSON v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC.

Civil Action Nos. G-97-301, G-97-302.

31 F.Supp.2d 548 (1998)

Mrs. Kay D. WILLIAMSON v. PETROLEUM HELICOPTERS, INC., Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale Now Eurocopter S.A. and American Eurocopter Corporation. John Carver Richards, II and Carol Ann Richards v. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale Now Eurocopter S.A. and American Eurocopter Corporation.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

December 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Jay Lewis, Lewis & Kullman, New Orleans, LA, for Kay D. Williamson.

Dennis M. McElwee, Schechter and Marshall, Houston, TX, for John Carver Richards, II, Carol Ann Richards, John Paul Richards.

Ethan L. Shaw, Moore Landrey et al, Beaumont, TX, for Linda Sue Gardner.

Leslie Megin Koch, Louisiana Workers Compensation Corp, Legal Counsel, Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana Workers' Compensation Corporation.

Ronnie W. Baham, Jr., Brown Sims Wise & White, Houston, TX, for Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania.

Leo R. McAloon, New Orleans, LA, Kenneth H. Laborde, Kenneth LaBorde, Pulaski Gieger & LaBorde, New Orleans, LA, for Petroleum Helicopters Inc.

Kenneth Ross Citti, Citti & Crinion, Houston, TX, William L. Robinson, Lillick & Charles, Long Beach, CA, for American Eurocopter Corporation.

Kenneth Ross Citti, Citti & Crinion, Houston, TX, Kevin Charles Cabaniss, Locke Purnell et al, Dallas, TX, William L. Robinson, Lillick & Charles, Long Beach, CA, for Eurocopter S.A.

Harvey Jay Lewis, Lewis & Kullman, New Orleans, LA, for Kay D. Williamson.

Jad J. Stepp, Stepp von Sternberg and Sullivan, Houston, TX, for AMPEP, PLC.


ORDER DENYING THIRD PARTY DEFENDANT AMPEP, plc's MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION

KENT, District Judge.

This wrongful death case arises under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1331 et seq. Plaintiffs were killed on November 28, 1996, when the helicopter in which they were riding crashed while attempting to land on an offshore platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Plaintiff Kay Williamson filed this...

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