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Undisclosed Settlement Reached in Bell Helicopter Lawsuit

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Bell Helicopter has settled a lawsuit with families of three Los Angeles paramedics killed in a helicopter crash in 1998. 
 
The settlement put a stop to the trial, which had been under way. 
 
The lawsuit accused Bell of negligence and fraud for allegedly not disclosing prior failures of the tail-rotor yoke (the cause of the crash) in similar helicopters to the FAA. 
 
Details of the settlement were not disclosed.


Settlement is reached in fatal crash

Fort Worth Star Telegram - 6/28/2006 11:48 AM

Families of three Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics killed in a 1998 crash have settled their lawsuit against Bell Helicopter, two weeks after the case went to trial.
 
The settlement was announced in court Tuesday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Workman, who was overseeing the trial. Terms of the settlement were not revealed

 
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