Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review Takata airbag components presented before a U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation at a hearing on Nov. 20, 2014.Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM Takata Corp.’s $1 billion settlement with the U.S. government over its defective air bags will not hinder the nationwide class action against the company and several […]
AP 7:43 p.m. EDT March 24, 2016 BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Former NFL and Alabama fullback Kevin Turner died Thursday at the age of 46 after battling Lou Gehrig’s disease. Turner’s father released a statement on Facebook announcing the death of the former Crimson Tide standout, which was also posted to the Kevin Turner Foundation’s […]
Nathaniel Vinton, Amara Grautski, Christian Red NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Updated: 03/24/2016 9:16 PM ET Former NFL player Kevin Turner dies after being diagnosed with ALS six years ago. Kevin Turner, the former NFL fullback with ALS who was a lead plaintiff in a landmark concussion lawsuit against the league, died Thursday morning. He was […]
Zoe Tillman, The National Law Journal January 13, 2016 The family of one of three American citizens on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 sued the airline on Tuesday in federal district court in Washington. Phillip Wood was a passenger on Flight 370, which disappeared on March 8, 2014, while en route from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to […]
Bart Jansen, USA TODAY Whether the crash of a Russian airliner in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula shortly after takeoff on Saturday was accidental or intentional isn’t known but experts say the plane, an Airbus A321, was relatively safe. The crash killed all 224 people on board. Egyptian officials on Saturday ruled out the possibility it was shot down. Even relatively […]
Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review September 29, 2015 A former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player has blocked the team’s attempt to kick his lawsuit out of court. Two-time Super Bowl champion Lawrence Tynes sued the Buccaneers in Hillsborough Circuit Court after he contracted a career-ending staph infection at the team’s training facility. The Bucs sought to […]
Are you ready for more aerial video of some football? The National Football League became the first major sports organization to receive approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly drones over its stadiums. Just not during games. The league’s NFL Films plans to use DJI Phantom and Inspire drones, which weigh only 3 to […]
Many states are now required to pay a ‘reasonable’ portion of fees for attorneys who represented same-sex couples September 10, 2015 5:00AM ET by Steve Friess @stevefriess Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the legal debate over same-sex marriage by declaring it a constitutionally protected civil right, attorneys general and governors who fought […]
Celia Ampel, Daily Business Review July 21, 2015 Miami attorney Steve Marks has represented victims in many of the biggest plane crashes of the past 25 years. As co-managing partner of Podhurst Orseck, Marks has won hundreds of millions of dollars for those who lost loved ones in crashes such as SilkAir Flight 185 and […]
LONDON—The unusual circumstances surrounding the Germanwings crash won’t necessarily free the airline and its insurers from claims of negligence, aviation lawyers said. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Germanwings’ parent company, and its insurer will likely still face large legal liability claims in the crash of Flight 9525 despite indications that the co-pilot, who is suspected of deliberately […]
