This product liability defense matter involved the explosion of a starter turbine on an oil rig off the coast of Angola, West Africa. An engineer on the rig was killed in the explosion and his estate commenced a wrongful death action in New Orleans, La., where the decedent had resided. Mr. Canter defended the manufacturer of the turbine — Nuovo Pignone S.p.A. — and after extensive discovery proceedings, secured a dismissal of the complaint based upon the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.