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7/1/2006 1:12:00 AM | 2nd suit filed in fatal plane crash 
=(0) Two wrongful death lawsuits have now been filed concerning the death of an Arkansas man last year, one by each of his parents. Christopher Blanchard died with several others in a private plane crash. Both lawsuits allege pilot negligence, and the second also alleges mechanical failure and includes Beech Aircraft and Pratt & Whitney as de...
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6/30/2006 9:44:00 AM | Families Of Chalk's Plane Crash Could Receive $51 Million ... =(0) A tentative settlement has been reached in the wrongful death lawsuit against Chalk's Ocean Airways by the families of 20 crash victims. The flight crashed off the Miami coast last December. The NTSB report revealed much concern by pilots about the safety of the company's planes and their maintenance for several years before the crash.&n...
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6/28/2006 11:48:00 AM | Settlement is reached in fatal crash =(0) Bell Helicopter has settled a lawsuit with families of three Los Angeles paramedics killed in a helicopter crash in 1998. The settlement put a stop to the trial, which had been under way. The lawsuit accused Bell of negligence and fraud for allegedly not disclosing prior failures of the tail-rotor yoke (the cause of the crash) in similar ...
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6/22/2006 9:49:00 PM | Wrongful Death Suit Filed In Wheeling Plane Crash =(0) A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in Chicago in regard to a private plane crash there last January. Scott Garland and 3 others were killed when the Cessna they were riding in, crashed. The suit names the pilot, the engine manufacturer Teledyne Industries, and the maintenace company which serviced the plane, T.W. Smith Engine Co., as defe...
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6/3/2006 3:45:00 AM | Metro death lawsuit returns to federal court =(0) A wrongful death lawsuit against Washington DC's Metro (subway system) is back on, after a federal appeals court overturned the original dismissal of the case. At issue is whether the Metro was negligent in not having at least one functional up escalator on a very hot day, or at least posting signs for the functional elevator. A 37 year o...
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6/1/2006 10:06:00 AM | Lawsuit filed over mini-train accident =(0) An oil company has been sued in Traverse City, Michigan, over an accident that occurred in the city zoo last summer. An employee, delivering fuel to a tank, allowed a diesel fuel hose to cross a train track, and the zoo's "miniature" train ran over it, causing a fire. Nobody was killed but there were injuries, and the lawsuit in question ...
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6/1/2006 5:15:00 AM | Plane crash survivors sue Boeing =(0) Lawsuits have been filed in Chicago stemming from the crash of a plane in the Amazon jungle in 2005. Defendants are Boeing, Pratt & Whitney, and TANS Peru, the airline. All are accused of negligence. Seven who survived the crash are suing including the father of a baby who was killed. Among other problems, the lawsuit alleges that th...
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5/22/2006 10:34:00 PM | Wrongful Death Lawsuit Filed in NY in Lake George Capsizing =(0) One more wrongful death lawsuit has been filed because of the tourboat accident on Lake George NY last fall. The Ethan Allen capsized with 47 senior citizens from Michigan and Ohio on board, and 20 died. The estate of Stephanie Christine Przybylski filed the recent suit, against Shoreline Cruise Inc, and the boat's captain, and other def...
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5/18/2006 1:19:00 PM | More RJ Tire Woes: US Airways Planes Pop Tires In Albany, DC =(0) Two incidents occurred this week in which regional jets had tire blowouts upon takeoff. Both planes recovered safely with no injuries, one aborting takeoff and the other, returing to land. Officials inspected the runways for foreign object debris such as that which brought down the Concorde in 2000 in Paris; none was found, and the tires ...
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5/7/2006 4:40:00 AM | Parents may sue MBTA over fatal accident =(0) The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts has ruled that a lawsuit against the MBTA and Amtrak may proceed. It concerns the death, seven years ago, of a young girl who was hit by a train while trying to negotiate a level crossing with her bicycle. The girl's parents contend that the train was speeding and that the engineer did not blow ...
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4/4/2006 9:42:00 AM | FY 2005 recall reports, recalled vehicles hit 2nd-highest numbers =(0) With 309 notices affecting over 5 million vehicles, the Japanese Transport Ministry reported that 2005 brought the second highest number of recalls ever. This was an improvement over last year which holds the record for recalls with 438 recalls reported and over 7.5 million vehicles affected, most of which were prompted by Mitsubishi which was caug...
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4/4/2006 1:00:00 AM | Teterboro crash victim seeks millions in lawsuit =(0) A Chicago man is suing an aircraft operator and owners, pilot and co-pilot for injuries and damages relating to a corporate jet airplane crash that left him with a broken arm, broken wrist and other injuries. Rory Murphy cited improper safety certificates, inadequate safety training programs and inept flight attendants among the issues in the airpl...
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3/31/2006 8:09:00 AM | Man Airlifted To Hospital After Train Accident =(0) A 56 year old conductor with the Union Railroad lost his leg in a train accident while trying to connect two cars. He was pulled under the train and also suffered an arm injury. He was airlifted to a local hospital. Train accidents of this nature are somewhat rare and investigators are looking at the causes of the incident to ensure that the both t...
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3/12/2006 11:46:00 PM | Law Suit Transpires out of Plane Crash Last August =(0) Cathy Hathaway was killed in a small plane crash in August of 2005 that also killed pilot, Bracey Bobbit. Ms. Hathaway's family is now suing the estate of Ms. Bobbit for damages and liability in the death of Cathy Hathaway. Pilot error is a common cause for airplane accidents and plane crashes and if Ms. Bobbit is found to have committed pilot erro...
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3/2/2006 6:34:00 PM | Company faces suit in crash =(0) The pilot of a small plane and his company face a wrongful death lawsuit after an airplane accident that killed the pilot and all passengers on board the small plane. The lawsuit was filed by the estate of an employee of the company who was killed in the West Virginia airplane crash. The estate of Tom Hollar contends that Gary Egbers piloted the pl...
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