Paramount Aviation Corporation v. Gruppo Agusta Agusta Aerospace Corporation Costruzione Aeronautiche Giovanni, Agusta, S.P.A. Agusta, S.P.A

OPINION OF THE COURT

STAPLETON, Circuit Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

On October 10, 1989, an Agusta 109A helicopter (“the helicopter”) crashed in Lacey Township, New Jersey killing the pilot, co-pilot, and three executives of the Trump Organization. Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni Agusta S.pA. (“CAGA”), a subsidiary of Agusta S.p.A., manufactured the helicopter. CAGA and Agusta S.p.A. are part of Gruppo Agusta, which does business in the United States through a wholly-owned American subsidiary, Agusta Aerospace Corporation (“AAC”). All of these entities are named as defendants in this suit.

CAGA sold…