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Small plane crash kills four in Ohio

Aviation > Airplane Accident

June 17, 2008

Lakeside, OH - Authorities said that a small airplane crashed in a rural residential area as it headed to a landing on Saturday, January 12, killing four who were aboard the aircraft.

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Recent Aviation Accident Cases

Charter Airlines - Last year, Avjet Corporation, a charter jet company, settled for $11.7-million with the families of three people killed in a March 2001 plane crash at the Aspen, Colorado airport. The settlement was reached as a Los Angeles jury was about to begin the punitive phase of the trial. The Gulfstream III was carrying 15 passengers from Los Angeles to Aspen when it crashed about 2400 feet short of the runway. Light snow was falling as the pilot attempted to land at dusk. Two planes ahead of the Gulfstream had aborted their approach because visibility was bad. The Aspen airport is considered very difficult to maneuver, due to the mountainous terrain. The plaintiffs alleged that Avjet's pilots knowingly flew into the face of danger by attempting to land under unsafe, stormy weather conditions. Plantiffs charged that this action violated the airport's night landing curfew and additional state and federal regulations.

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Special Considerations in Aviation Injury Cases

Aviation injury cases give rise to a host of considerations unique to the occurrence of aviation accidents. For example, when an aviation accident occurs on navigable waters, the applicable law may be the general maritime law of the United States, including maritime statutes such as the Death on the High Seas Act. Admiralty's jurisdiction, and the exclusive effect of federal maritime law, exists over all maritime torts. Thus, if an aviation accident is maritime in nature, maritime law applies.

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Damages you can Recover in an Aviation Injury Case

Although the overwhelming majority of American jurisdictions permit recovery for personal injuries or wrongful death based on the theory of strict products liability, the law is not nearly so clear when it comes to economic loss sustained by the owner of a defective product.

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