By: Eric Randolph When the shock of losing loved ones in an air disaster starts to subside, grieving families often turn to courts for justice and compensation to rebuild their lives. US lawyer Steve Marks has worked with the families of victims from nearly every major plane crash in the past 30 years, including the […]
Commentary by Stephen F. Rosenthal A little-noticed by product of the recent, historic marriage equality rulings is that married gay and lesbian couples in Florida now enjoy equal protection under state laws protecting tort victims. Prior to the lifting of the stay on U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle’s injunction against the enforcement of Florida’s laws […]
By: Curt Anderson Associated Press MIAMI (AP) —Two South Florida attorneys and a lawyerwho represented former Vice President Al Gore in the 2000 election recount have been chosen for leadership posts in lawsuits over defective auto air bags. U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno is presiding over dozens of lawsuits consolidated in Miami federal court. The […]
By Ashley Halsey III Search teams hunting for theMalaysia Airlines jetlinerbelieved to have plunged into the ocean have about 30 days to find the cockpit recorders before the tracking signals they emit go dead. That is the battery life of the two recorders. One provides the last two hours of audio from the cockpit, and […]
By Chico Harlan,William Wanand , Simon Denyer, Updated: Tuesday, March11,8:01AM KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia —Malaysian and international police officials played down the likelihood of terrorism in the disappearance of a Malaysian Airlines jet, but released the names of two Iranians who traveled aboard the plane using stolen passports. Interpol chief Ronald Noble and Malaysia’s Inspector General […]
By:Celia Ampel Two years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared, the airplane still hasn’t been found, but attorneys for the passengers’ families are ready to lay the blame at the door of Boeing Co. Miami law firm Podhurst Orseck and the Hays Firm in Chicago filed 30 lawsuits in Illinois state court March 2 against […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY An aviation lawyer who worked on cases with problems similar to the Malaysia Airlines disaster said Saturday the lack of warnings about a problem aboard the aircraft suggest a catastrophic failure while flying at altitude. Steve Marks, a partner at Podhurst Orseck law firm in Miami, represented relatives of victims in […]
By GAURAV RAGHUVANSHI and JAKE MAXWELL WATTS in Singapore and CELINE FERNANDEZ in Kuala Lumpur The families of the 227 passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 rushed to file lawsuits in several countries against the airline Monday ahead of a two-year deadline under an international treaty. The incident is a rarity in legal […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY The discovery this week of the tail piece of a plane reignited worldwide interest into the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, but for distraught relatives of the 239 people who vanished March 8, 2014, the piece may not be enough to solve the puzzle. The $133 million underwater search […]
by Jethro Mullen Time is running out for family members of the people who vanished aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. The deadline under international law for next of kin to make a claim against the airline isTuesday, the two-year anniversary of the passenger jet’s disappearance. Dozens of relatives of the 239 passengers and crew […]
