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PERE v. NUOVO PIGNONE, INC.

No. 97-30572.

150 F.3d 477 (1998)

Nancy G. PERÉ, on behalf of Marci Danielle Peré, on behalf of Matthew Reed Peré, individually and on behalf of her minor children, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NUOVO PIGNONE, INC., et al., Defendants, Nuovo Pignone S P A, Defendant-Appellant, Coppus Engineering; Tuthill Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Wade Trahan, Sonnier & Trahan, Abbeville, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Howard J. Daigle, Jr., Michael D. Fisse, Seale, Daigle & Ross, Covington, LA, Rudolph V. Pino, Pino & Associates, White Plains, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

James M. Dill, Lafayette, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and JONES and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Appellee's husband was killed while working on a platform off the coast of West Africa when a starter turbine manufactured by Coppus Engineering exploded. The starter turbine was a component of a turbine system designed and manufactured by Nuovo Pignone. Appellee sued for her husband's wrongful death claiming that the starter turbine and turbine system had been improperly designed and/or manufactured. Appellant, Nuovo Pignone, an Italian...

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