Legal Opinion
Midwestern Helicopter, LLC v. Coolbaugh
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided September 25, 2013No. 2013AP60PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUBAUER, EJ.
¶ 1. This case is about the conversion of a helicopter when it was allowed to be used beyond the scope authorized by its owner. A managerial employee of Midwestern Helicopters, LLC (Midwestern), allowed a pilot to take a helicopter on a skydiving job after the owner of Midwestern had established a policy that commercial events required his written permission. The pilot ended up hitting a power line and crashing the helicopter. Midwestern sued both the employee and the pilot for conversion and negligence. The theory of the case was that the employee and the pilot took the…
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