Legal Opinion
First National Bank & Trust Corp. v. American Eurocopter Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 9, 2004No. 02-2274PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
Tragically, on May 21, 1997, Lawrence Inlow was struck in the head by a helicopter rotor blade as he disembarked from the aircraft owned by his employer, Conse-co, Inc. He died instantly. His estate, represented by First National Bank and Trust Corporation, claimed that the helicopter was a defective product under Indiana law because its manufacturer, Eu-rocopter, S.A., had negligently failed to warn Inlow or Conseco of the relevant danger. Because we agree with the district court that Indiana’s sophisticated intermediary doctrine compels a grant of summary judgment to…
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