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 […]
Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review March 1, 2017UMV:55,088Miami Judge Aims to Advance Air Bag Litigation in Wake of Takata’s Guilty Plea Celia Ampel, Daily Business ReviewNow that Takata Corp. has pleaded guilty to fraudand agreed to pay $1 billion for concealing a defect in millions of air bags, a Miami federal judge wants to get […]
BY STEVE ROTHAUS Arlene Goldberg, the Fort Myers widow denied her late wife’s Social Security when Florida refused to recognize their New York marriage, will now receive the additional survivor’s benefit, the ACLU of Florida announced Tuesday. “I’m very happy. I feel like I’m fulfilled, thanks to the ACLU, of course —their hard work and […]
By Bart Jansen, USA TODAY WASHINGTON –The Federal Aviation Administration approved Boeing’s certification plan for the 787 Dreamliner’s lithium-ion battery system Tuesday and gave the company the go-ahead to test it in the air. Boeing’s plans call for redesigning the eight-cell batteries to minimize the risk of a short-circuit, which caused a fire in a […]
By Alison Frankel Late this afternoon, the automakers Honda, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda and BMW will head to federal court in Miami to argue that a $1 billion plea agreement between the U.S. Justice Department and the airbag maker Takata Corporation should absolve them from liability for installing dangerous Takata airbags in tens of millions […]
By Carolina Bolado Law360, Miami (February 28, 2017, 9:41 PM EST) –Automakers embroiled in multidistrict litigation over Takata Corp.’s faulty air bags told a Florida federal court Tuesday that Takata’s guilty plea and $1 billion settlement are a “game changer” that absolves the automakers of most of their liability in the case. In a hearing […]
(DETROIT) —Japanese auto parts maker Takata pleaded guilty to fraud Monday and agreed to pay $1 billion in penalties for concealing an air bag defect blamed for at least 16 deaths, most of them in the U.S. The scandal, meanwhile, seemed to grow wider when plaintiffs’ attorneys charged that five major automakers knew the devices […]
