Legal Opinion
Tomlin v. Carson Helicopters, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided November 15, 1988No. Civ. A. 87-2978PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
HANNUM, Senior District Judge.
Background
On April 20, 1985, a model H-34A/S58 helicopter designed and manufactured by defendant Sikorsky Aircraft and owned and maintained by defendant Carson Helicopters, Inc., crashed into the Gulf of Mexico between one marine league and three marine leagues from the coast of Florida. 1 The pilot and both passengers were killed in the crash. This wrongful death action was brought on behalf of one of the passengers in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County on April 21, 1987.
On May 18, 1987, the defendants removed the case to this…
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