The Hayes Firm Legal Blog

From Times Online February 3, 2010   Airlines in the United States have been told to review their flying standards after the crash of a commuter jet was officially blamed on elementary error by the captain.   The crash of the Colgan Air turbo-prop, which killed 50 people at Buffalo, New York, a year ago, [...]

By Derrick Nunnally and Robert Moran Inquirer Staff Writers   The widow of Ambler executive Steven Altman has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit in federal court in Philadelphia over the Aug. 8 airplane-helicopter crash that killed nine, including Altman, over the Hudson River in New York City.   The suit on behalf of Pamela Altman alleges [...]

Published September 4, 2009 by William Lee, Chicago Tribune   A Cook County judge on Thursday approved a $15 million settlement for the family of a restaurateur killed in a small airplane crash near a Wheeling airport in 2006.   Michael Waugh, 37, and three others were killed when the twin-engine Cessna 421B they were [...]