RESNICK v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT

Civ. Nos. H-86-193 (PCD), H-86-199 (PCD), B-86-278 (PCD), H-86-574 (PCD), H-86-1461 (PCD), H-87-13 (PCD), B-87-162 (PCD), B-87-163 (PCD) and H-87-179 (PCD).

660 F.Supp. 415 (1987)

Jerome B. RESNICK, Administrator, Estate of Paul S. Resnick, Lisa L. Chism, Administratrix, Estate of Mackie Glen Chism, Herbert R. Zimmerman, Administrator, Estate of Richard Zimmerman, Raquel E. Rosario Bacallao, Margaret R. Paserba, Administratrix, Estate of Michael T. Paserba, Judy Williams, Administratrix, Estate of Timothy Williams, Jerry L. Pease, Administrator, Estate of Troy Donovan Pease, C. Douglas Maxwell, Jr., Administrator, Estate of Sebastian Correira III, Dicia A. Ingalls, Executrix, Estate of Arlington E. Ingalls, v. SIKORSKY AIRCRAFT, A DIVISION OF UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

May 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Shafner, O'Brien, Shafner, Bartinik & Kelly, Groton, Conn., Marc S. Moller and Arthur H. Rosenberg, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for Resnick, Chism, Bacallao, Paserba and Williams.

Michael Cefalo, Cefalo & Assoc., West Pittston, Pa., Marc S. Moller, Kreindler & Kreindler, Arthur H. Rosenberg, New York City, Matthew Shafner, O'Brien, Shafner, Bartinik, Stuart & Kelly, P.C., Groton, Conn., for Zimmerman.

Dominick Esposito, William C. Longa, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, Conn., R. Thomas Roe, Stephen P. Watters, Roe, Rath & Watters, Minneapolis, Minn., for Pease.

Dominick Esposito, William C. Longa, Zeldes, Needle & Cooper, Bridgeport, Conn., Robert S. Cooper, Port Haywood, for Douglas.

Thomas Wilson, Suisman, Shapiro, Wool, Brennan & Gray, New London, Conn., for Dicia Ingalls, Ex'r.

Edward T. Falsey, III, Patrick M. Noonan, Penny Q. Seaman, Wiggin and Dana, New Haven, Conn., William F. Womble, Jr., S. Fraley Bost, Womble, Caryle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston Salem, N.C., for Sikorsky Aircraft.


RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS

DORSEY, District Judge.

Procedural Background

Plaintiffs commenced these consolidated wrongful death actions seeking damages for the deaths of their respective decedents arising out of a March 13, 1985, crash of a UH-60A Blackhawk helicopter at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Plaintiffs assert four claims: negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty, and breach of contract. On January 12, 1987, defendant moved...

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