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• Airplane Accident Declines Cause Insurance Claims To Fall: Report

  January 2, 2013

  Martha Garcia

  According to new estimates, the total costs associated with insurance claims arising from airplane accidents has dropped to levels not...

• Airplane Crash Settlements Reached for Buffalo Continental Accident

  September 8, 2010

  Staff Writers

  Continental Airlines has reached a settlement agreement in at least two wrongful death lawsuits filed as a result of a...

• Aviation Club Plane Crash Caused by Overloading, Improper Balance: NTSB

  February 1, 2010

  AboutLawsuits

  Federal investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have determined that overloading and improper balancing are to blame for...

• Fatal Plane Crash Lawsuit Results in $15M Settlement

  September 9, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  A wrongful death lawsuit against Morgan Stanley has resulted in a $15 million settlement for the family of one of...

• Medical Helicopter Accidents Leads to Calls for New Safety Rules

  September 2, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is recommending that the government enact stringent new measures to improve medical helicopter safety...

• Learjet Plane Crash Leads NTSB to Recommend Engine Design Changes

  July 22, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Federal regulators are recommending that Learjet change the design of some of their engines in response to a South Carolina...

• Continental Plane Crash Lawsuits Filed by More Families

  June 22, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed by the families of two more victims of the fatal plane crash of Continental...

• Regional Airline Crashes Usually Involve Pilots with Failed Flight Tests

  June 9, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  In almost every airplane accident over the 10 last years involving a regional airline, the pilot failed important flight competency...

• Airplane Accident Lawsuits

  May 1, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Though relatively rare, a plane crash can have devastating consequences. In many cases, airplane accidents have been found to be preventable with proper pilot training or response, proper maintenance of planes or the airfield, or proper preflight planning. Airplane crashes may also be caused by a defective design element for the plane, which may have been reasonably foreseeable. Individuals injured in airplane accidents and family members of those killed may be entitled to compensation through a plane crash lawsuit.

• US Airways Accident Lawsuits May be Filed Despite Miracle on the Hudson

  January 23, 2009

  AboutLawsuits

  Although Capt. Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger was able to masterfully land US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last...