Legal Opinion
In Re Helicopter Crash Near Wendle Creek, British
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 16, 2007No. Multidistrict Litigation 3:04md1649 (SRU)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS AND MOTIONS FOR DETERMINATION OF APPLICABLE LAW
UNDERHILL, District Judge.
This dispute arises from the crash of a Sikorsky Model S-61L helicopter near Wendle Creek, British Columbia that killed two Canadian pilots. Croman Corporation (“Croman”), an Oregon company, owned and maintained the subject helicopter. The first-party plaintiffs in this case, the surviving spouses of the two victims, alleged that Croman installed defective components in the subject helicopter’s Input Free Wheel Units (“IFWU”), which caused the crash. They filed wrongful death actions in…
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