Tolan v. ERA Helicopters, Inc.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

I

On September 24, 1978, James Tolan slipped and fell, injuring his back while getting out of a helicopter owned by ERA Helicopters, Inc. At the time of the accident Tolan was employed by a third party and received worker’s compensation benefits from his employer’s insurer, Providence Washington Insurance Company.

Tolan and his wife Judith sued ERA for negligently failing to provide a safe method of egress from the helicopter, for negligently failing to provide instructions or warnings concerning the safe method of egress from the helicopter and for breaching an implied…