Legal Opinion
Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GmbH
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 11, 2008No. 07-40994PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
Memorial Hermann Healthcare Systems, Inc. (“Memorial Hermann”) and United States Aviation Underwriters, Inc. (“USAU”) appeal the dismissal of their post-sale negligence claim against Euro-copter Deutschland (“Eurocopter”). Memorial Hermann and USAU (collectively, “Appellants”) claim that the district court erred when it refused to carve out an exception for post-sale negligence claims to Texas’s economic loss rule. For the reasons below, we AFFIRM.
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Memorial Hermann owned and operated a Eurocopter BK 117 helicopter that it bought from the manufacturer, Eurocop-ter. On…
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