A U.S. helicopter manufacturer said Saturday it intends to challenge a $50-million wrongful death lawsuit filed by the estate of a Quebec greenhouse magnate over a 2019 fatal crash.
David Smith, president and CEO of Robinson Helicopter Company, issued a statement that the company looks forward to discussing discrepancies over what it says caused the crash that claimed the lives of Savoura CEO Stéphane Roy and his teenage son.
Robinson is the manufacturer of the R44 helicopter that crashed in Quebec in July 2019, killing Roy, 55, and his son Justin Roy Séguin, who were returning from a fishing trip. The father and son were reported missing on July 11, 2019—one day after they failed to return home to Ste-Sophie, Que., north of Montreal….