HUDGENS v. BELL HELICOPTERS/TEXTRON

Nos. 02-12357, 02-13284.

328 F.3d 1329 (2003)

Joe J. HUDGENS, Phyllis Hudgens, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BELL HELICOPTERS/TEXTRON, Defendant, DynCorp, Defendant-Appellee. Francis Mark Crawford, Becky Crawford, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DynCorp, Defendant-Appellee, Bell Helicopters/Textron, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided April 25, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce J. McKee, Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert W. Bradford, Jr., Paul A. Clark, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BARKETT and COX, Circuit Judges.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs Joe and Phyllis Hudgens and Francis and Becky Crawford appeal from grants of summary judgment in favor of defendant DynCorp in these diversity actions arising out of a helicopter crash in Shelby County, Alabama.

Francis Crawford and Joe Hudgens were piloting a United States Army helicopter on a Medivac mission on May 1, 1999 when the helicopter's tail fin separated from the aircraft, resulting in a crash in which both men...

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