Senator Leahy of Vermont is pushing for a law that would insulate volunteer pilot organizations (such as Angel Flight West) from liability for injury the organization’s pilots cause to its passengers. If the bill passes, it means that those injured by the negligence of an organization’s pilot would have no recourse against the organization. Rather
March 2011
Death on the High Seas Act: Federal Court Questions the Powers of the President
By Mike Danko on
Posted in Defenses
The Death on the High Seas Act applies to certain airplane and helicopter crashes as well as to shipwrecks. The Act limits the claims that family members can bring. For example, in most cases the Death on the High Seas Act does not allow a parent to sue for the loss of a child. And though a wife can…