United States Seventh Circuit

In a wrongful death case, the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant is affirmed where defendant is not liable as a matter of law under Indiana's sophisticated intermediary doctrine since it was not unreasonable for defendant to expect that the helicopter pilots would protect passengers from rotor blade dangers.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/14/2004
• Decided 08/09/2004
• Published 08/09/2004

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kimball R. Anderson (argued), Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John D. Nell, Wooden & McLaughlin, Indianapolis, IN, Hugh R. Koss (argued), Nixon Peabody, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.