Legal Opinion
In re Helicopter Crash Near Marsh Island, Louisiana, on December 8, 1977
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided December 1, 1978No. 353Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
This litigation consists of eleven actions pending in three districts: nine in the Western District of Louisiana and one each in the Eastern District of Louisiana and the Eastern District of Texas.
The actions arose from a helicopter crash on an oil production platform near Marsh Island, Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico on December 8, 1977. Seventeen persons were killed and two persons were injured in the accident. Petroleum Helicopters, Inc. (PHI), the owner of the helicopter that crashed, is named as a defendant in all eleven actions. Mission Viking, Inc. (Mission), the…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re the Upjohn Co. Antibiotic "Cleocin" Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
- In Re Helicopter Crash in Gernany on September 26, 1975United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978