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€10,000 Awarded for Child Trauma
Two year old Emma Reddan witnessed a Sikorsky S76 piloted by Bill Curry crashing in the Neptune Hotel car lot. The chopper’s rotor blade struck a lamp post, resulting in the crash. Emma Reddan suffered from separation anxiety disorder. In Civil court, Judge Matthew Deery approved a €10,000 settlement for Emma Reddan from Curry... »
Judge Interprets Widow as Unentitled. Canadian Charter is No Common Carrier
Mark McLean had a million dollar life insurance policy under Canadian Premier Life Insurance Company, through Sears Canada Inc. When he was killed in a Vancouver Island plane crash three years ago, it seemed an open and shut case that his widow would get an accidental death benefit of $1 million under the 2007... »
17.8 Million Awarded to Surviving Family
What: F/A-18 Military Jet from the carrier Abraham Lincoln landing at Marine Corps Air Station Miramir Where: San Diego neighborhood When: DEC 8, 2008 Who: Young Mi Yoon, 36; her daughters Grace, 15 months, and Rachel, 2 months; and her mother, Suk Im Kim, 60. Why: A witness said the plane was chugging along... »
Skydiving Crash Victims Awarded by Jury
Doncasters Inc. of London is a manufacturer of aviation components. They were recently held accountable for the death of five victims of the crash of a DeHavilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, the skydiving plane which exploded at the Sullivan airport. Six people were killed: Melissa Berridge, 38, of St. Louis; Victoria Delacroix, 22, of London;... »
$1.2 Million Helicopter Settlement
What: Midwestern Air Services LLC, Robinson R44 II, Raven, four-place, two-bladed, single main rotor, single-engine helicopter en route from Horseshoe Casino Heliport to Kenosha Regional Airport Where: Kenosha, Wisconsin When: September 21, 2008 Who: pilot Alan Sapko and passenger Joan Anzalone Why: The National Transportation Safety Board ruled pilot error. A judge ruled that... »
$15 Million Settlement
We don’t always hear the numbers when cases are settled, so the news release that a $15 million settlement was okayed in Cook County, Illinois seemed to be a noteworthy news byte. The ruling was in favor of the Chicago restaurant executive Michael Waugh who was killed in a 2006 crash. Waugh, general manager... »
Published Settlement: $15 million
What: Twin-engine Cessna 421B on approach to Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling Where: crashed into a storage yard When: January 2006 Who: Michael Waugh ( general manager and chief operating partner of Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab in Chicago), Kenneth Knudson (founder of Sybaris), and Scott Garland (financial adviser at Morgan Stanley)... »
