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Aircraft crash suit time-barred

The statute of repose in the federal General Aviation Revitalization Act bars a suit over an aircraft manufacturer’s alleged failure to warn about the potential for ice in the fuel system, the New...

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50-death airplane crash leads to two settlements

Two families have agreed to settle wrongful death lawsuits over the crash of Continental Airlines Connection Flight 3407, which killed 50 people. Read the full article from the San Fransisco Chronicle:...

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$89 million in airplane crash case

In April of last year, a Pennsylvania jury handed down an $89 million verdict against the manufacturer of an airplane carburetor after a crash killed four people and severely injured a fifth. The...

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Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2010

The size of the Top Ten Jury Verdicts increased again in 2010. The average increased less than the prior year, however, rising from nearly $145 million to just under $157 million. (The average for 2009...

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Aircraft maker doesn’t have pilot training duty

An aircraft manufacturer’s duty to warn did not encompass an obligation to provide pilot training, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing a $19.4 million verdict. A pilot and passenger...

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Plaintiffs had capacity to sue U.S. for flight controller’s negligence

The mother and adult daughter of the victim of an airplane crash had the capacity to sue the federal government for the alleged negligence of a flight controller, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...

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