Legal Opinion
Fosen v. United Technologies Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided February 7, 1980No. 79 Civ. 92 (CHT)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TENNEY, District Judge.
This wrongful death action arises out of a helicopter crash that occurred on November 23, 1977 in the North Sea off the coast of Norway. The plaintiffs, five Norwegian citizens, instituted this suit as personal representatives of five Norwegian citizens who were killed in the accident. The decedents were employed by the Phillips Petroleum Company and worked on a mobile drilling rig in the North Sea. The accident occurred when the helicopter that was transporting them to the rig crashed about thirty miles from the coastline. Nobody aboard the helicopter survived,…
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