U.S. courts’ reluctance to hear overseas airline crash cases forced the firm to extend its reach globally. by Zoe Tillman ztillman@alm.com Podhurst Orseck co-founder Aaron Podhurst can trace his firm’s expertise in aviation litigation to a single event — the 1972 crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 401 in the Florida Everglades, which killed 101 people […]
The partial sinking — and accompanying deaths of passengers and crew — of a luxury cruise liner will lead to years of litigation. Gregg Fields 2012-01-19 12:00:00 AM “What complicates this is recklessness. A lot of rules that determine damages are affected by the degree of carelessness and recklessness.” Mike Eidson Colson Hicks attorney The […]
Eight years. Three cases. Four countries. Dozens of plaintiffs, one so grief stricken he stabbed to death the air traffic controller he held responsible. But finally aviation attorney Steven Marks’ work for families of dozens of Russian schoolchildren who died in a mid-air collision 35,000 feet over Germany in 2002 is nearing an end. A […]
On the night of December 29, 1972, Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashed into the Everglades with 101 fatalities. The resulting investigation showed that the deadly crash was the result of the flight crew’s failure to monitor cockpit instruments that showed the Lockheed L-1011 jet was gradually losing altitude. Aaron Podhurst, then an up-and-coming Miami attorney, […]
Best Lawyers has named three individuals as Lawyers of the Year in South Florida, based on their particularly high level of peer recognition. Congratulations to Aaron Podhurst for being selected a 2009 Lawyer of the Year. Aaron Podhurst has been a distinguished trial lawyer for more than forty years. He was born April 29, 1936, […]
The Russian government is suing the Bank of New York for $22.5 billion for smuggling cash out of the country. Now the bank must make its case in a court experts say favors the Kremlin. BY ROGER PARLOFF INSIDE A RUNDOWN GOVERNMENT BUILDING on Novaya Basmannaya StReet in Moscow, a bizarre laWsuit is playing out […]
