Alert: Illinois Encourages Foreign Aviation Disaster Plaintiffs to File in Cook County
This alert examines the litigation of Arik v. Boeing, a case involving an airline crash involving a foreign airline, on foreign soil, with foreign victims, but litigated in Chicago.
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SmithAmundsen Aerospace Alert: Regulatory Roundup
This alert examines several noteworthy developments in aviation regulatory law.
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Alert: Court Rules for Airport in Student Pilot’s Intentional Crash
The Court of Appeals of Indiana recently ruled that an airport could not be held liable for a student pilot’s intentional crash. Johnson v. Jacobs, 2011 WL 5005312 (Ind. App. Ct. 2011).
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Alert: Court Finds FARs Do Not Preempt Product Liability Claim For Aircraft Windshield Design
In Damian v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., 2011 WL 3836464 (Tex. App. 2011), the Court of Appeals of Texas is the latest court to hold that the Federal Aviation Regulations are not so pervasive that they preempt state law claims.
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