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$250 Million to Families of Passengers who Died in the May 1996 ValuJet crash

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1997 – The families of passengers who died in the ValuJet crash in the Florida Everglades received a $250 million award. Podhurst Orseck attorney Steven C. Marks served as lead counsel in state court and on the plaintiffs’ steering committee in a multi-district litigation stemming from the crash.