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LAUGELLE v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC.

C.A. No. 10C-12-054 PRW.

88 A.3d 110 (2014)

Susan Durkin LAUGELLE, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Joseph Laugelle, Jr., deceased, and as Next Friend to Anna Grace Laugelle and Margaret Grace Laugelle, Plaintiffs, v. BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON, INC., et al., Defendants.

Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: February 27, 2014.

As Corrected: March 19, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary W. Aber, Esquire , Law Offices of Gary W. Aber, Wilmington, Delaware; Bradley J. Stoll, Esquire , (pro hac vice) (argued), and Cynthia M. Devers, Esquire , (pro hac vice) The Wolk Law Firm, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.

Richard Alan Barkasy, Esquire , (argued), and J. Denny Shupe, Esquire , (argued), Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Defendants Rolls-Royce Corp. and Rolls-Royce North America, Inc.

Richard Galperin, Esquire , and David J. Soldo, Esquire , Morris James LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; V.L. Woolston, Esquire , (pro hac vice) (argued) Perkins Coie LLP, Seattle, Washington, Attorneys for Defendant Honeywell International Inc.

Joseph S. Shannon, Esquire , and Artemio C. Aranilla, II, Esquire , Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Wilmington, Delaware; J. Bruce McKissock, Esquire , (pro hac vice) (argued), Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for Defendants Air Logistics LLC and Bristow Group.

Vernon R. Proctor, Esquire , Proctor Heyman LLP, Wilmington, Delaware and Gregory W. Carboy, Esquire , (pro hac vice) (argued), Cowles & Thompson, Dallas, Texas, Attorneys for Defendant Rotorcraft Leasing, LLC.

WALLACE, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This wrongful death action arises out of a helicopter crash that occurred on December 11, 2008, in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Sabine Pass, Texas.1 Joseph Laugelle, Jr. ("Pilot"), the pilot of the helicopter, was transporting four passengers to an off-shore oil rig, when the helicopter crashed into the ocean about two miles offshore.2

In December 2010,...

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