Yelton v. PHI, INC.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

In this wrongful death action, the sole question is whether the district court erred in applying the Louisiana Wrongful Death Act rather than the Florida Death Act. We find no error and affirm.

Background

This is a wrongful death action arising out of a helicopter crash. The decedent, Charles Wilbur Nelson, III, lived in Pensacola, Florida with his parents. On January 4, 2009, he boarded a helicopter in Amelia, Louisiana that had been manufactured by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation (Sikorsky) to travel to his job site at an offshore oil rig off the Louisiana coast…