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 […]
By Natalia Zea, March 26, 2015 MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The horrific and deliberate crash of the Germanwings flight into the French Alps is on the minds of travelers as they get ready to board flights…including hundreds on Lufthansa Airlines, which owns the carrier of the doomed flight. “It’s really terrible,” said German national Eva Deck. Deck […]
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 MH370 aircraft shot […]
Julie Kay, Daily Business Review March 20, 2015 A Miami federal judge has named Stephen Rosenthal of Podhurst Orseck and Theodore Leopold of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll to serve as co-lead counsel in a class action challenging $200 million in red-light camera ticket fines. Additionally, Ervin Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson was named liaison […]
Law360, New York (February 05, 2015, 1:34 PM ET) — A little-noticed byproduct of the recent, historic marriage equality rulings in Florida is that married gay and lesbian couples 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 […]
When does a departure from airline policy or industry standards give rise to an ’accident’? By Stephen F. Rosenthal and Nathalie B. Levy Podhurst Orseck PA Last year alone, more than 181 million passengers flew on international flights into and out of the United States.1 The Montreal Convention is the preemptive federal treaty governing the […]
By Steve Rothaus – srothaus@MiamiHerald.com 10/07/2014 3:48 PM | Updated: 10/07/2014 5:32 PM The ACLU of Florida asked a federal judge in Tuesday to lift his stay and immediately allow gay marriage in Florida. “In light of yesterday’s pathbreaking development, Plaintiffs respectfully submit that the Court should lift the stay immediately,” ACLU lawyers wrote to […]
Share us on: By David McAfee Law360, Los Angeles (September 23, 2014, 6:39 PM ET) — The Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday revived a proposed class action brought against Spirit Airlines Inc. alleging that the airliner hides flight-related fees, rejecting the district court’s finding that comprehensive federal regulation of the airline industry precluded civil claims brought […]
The car-sharing service Car2Go is fighting a wrongful death suit, claiming it is protected from liability under rental car law. By John Pacenti | September 30, 2014 at 03:00 PM Friends Irina Reinoso and Mila Dago were out on a hot August night in 2013, using the car-sharing service Car2Go to bar hop, visiting the Electric Pickle and […]
In the last year, plaintiffs’ lawyers helped their clients win billions of dollars in awards—in fact, the 100 largest verdicts of 2013 yielded more than $10 billion in recoveries. That sum is likely to be equaled or surpassed in 2014. The ripple effects of these wins reach beyond dollars, with plaintiffs’ efforts helping in many […]
