BUTLER v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

No. B152609.

135 Cal.Rptr.2d 762 (2003)

109 Cal.App.4th 1073

Maria BUTLER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., et al. Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.

Review Denied September 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo and Robert E. Guilford, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Maria Butler, Lisa Reiner and Lorene McComb.

Law Offices of Richard P. Louis and Richard P. Louis, Woodland Hills, for Plaintiffs and Appellants Steven L. Robinson and Jennifer Ann Robinson.

Law Offices of Stephen K. Brunk and Stephen K. Brunk, La Jolla; Shea & Gardner, Frederick C. Schafrick and J. Chad Oppenheimer, for Defendants and Respondents.


SUMMARY

BOLAND, J.

Bell Helicopter Textron is the manufacturer of a helicopter that crashed in Griffith Park on March 23, 1998. The crash was caused by the in-flight failure of the helicopter's tail rotor yoke. The two survivors and the successors of four others who died in the crash sued Bell Helicopter and others, asserting products liability theories of strict liability, negligence, warranty and fraud...

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