A passenger suffered from lung disease. The airline denied him the use of his supplemental oxygen. As a result, six months later, the passenger died.
The family sued the airline within two years of the passenger’s death. Normally, that’s within the statute of limitations. But because the flight was an international flight, the Montreal
Someone changed the course of Flight MH370 and turned off the aircraft’s transponder. Turning off an aircraft’s transponder makes it more difficult for the plane to be tracked by radar. A hijacker with even minimal flight training would have known that.
But there is one wrinkle. The transponder was reportedly turned off when air
The US Department of Transportation fined Asiana $500,000 today for failing to live up to its obligations under the Family Assistance Act of 1996 in the days following the crash of flight 214. Instead of getting crucial information to the victims and their families, Asiana was busy publicizing its plans to sue KTVU for "disparaging"
The September issue of Plaintiff Magazine featured our article on the Montreal Convention as it applies to the crash of Asiana Flight 214. As far as we know, it’s the most comprehensive legal article that has been published on the crash to date.
Kristine Meredith has been appointed Chair of the American Association for Justice (AAJ) Aviation Law Section. The mission of AAJ is to promote a fair and effective justice system and to support attorneys 
representing those injured by the misconduct or negligence of others in cases against the most powerful interests.
The Aviation Law Section focuses
The last thing a victim needs just after an accident is for a crush of lawyers to show up on his doorstep, uninvited, pressuring him to sign up for a lawsuit. But that’s what happens after just about every major air crash. That type of lawyer solicitation is distasteful, to say the least.
But thanks
Asiana Flight 214’s crash landing and the events that followed were traumatic experiences for all aboard. Even some of those who suffered no physical injury will struggle with emotional injuries for months if not years to come.
Normally, a passenger would be entitled to compensation for all the emotional distress suffered, regardless of whether the
This animation compares what Asiana 214’s approach should have looked like to what it did look like. From the data we have, the animation appears to be fairly accurate, except the audio is not properly synchronized. (The initial transmissions are from when the aircraft was 7 miles from the runway, not several hundred feet.)
If
As described here, passenger claims against Asiana Airlines are limited by the Montreal Convention. But any claims the victims’ may have against a manufacturer of the aircraft or its component parts are not.
NTSB Chairman Deborah Hersman reported that evacuation slides opened inside the passenger cabin. The slides are, of course, designed to
The markings on a runway are there to help the pilot aim for the proper touchdown point. Shortly before the Asiana 214 crash, SFO moved the touchdown point for runway 28L several hundred feet down the runway. SFO was thus required to remove the old markings, and paint on new ones that matched the new