United States Fifth Circuit
Mem. Hermann Healthcare Sys. Inc. v. Eurocopter Deutschland, GMBH, 07-40994
In an action alleging, inter alia, that defendant assumed and breached a duty to warn its customers of a potential helicopter door defect, dismissal of plaintiffs' post-sale negligence claim is affirmed over a 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.
Appellate Information
- Decided 04/11/2008
- Published 04/14/2008
Judges
- BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER, GARZA, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Kenneth H. Laborde, Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Michael Vance Powell, Locke, Lord, Bissell & Liddell, LLP, Dallas, TX, Stephen C. Johnson, Carrie Kienholz Flynn, Nixon Peabody, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.