by John Pacenti jpacenti@alm.com Florida has jumped into the fray of lawsuits filed against General Motors Corp. for recalls of 2.6 million vehicles with potentially faulty ignition switches blamed for crashes and at least 13 deaths throughout the country. Podhurst Orseck of Miami and Higer, Lichter & Givner of Aventura filed the class action […]
By Oren Liebermann, CNN Updated 11:33 PM ET, Friday, October 25, 2019 (CNN) The improper design and certification of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, coupled with an overwhelmed flight crew battling a malfunctioning system they could not properly identify, led to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in October, according to a […]
By Sherisse Pham, CNN Business Updated 9:40 AM ET, Wed October 23, 2019 Hong Kong (CNN Business) The families of victims in last year’s Lion Air crash have been told by Indonesian investigators that poor regulatory oversight and the design of Boeing’s 737 Max contributed to the fatal disaster. Investigators on Wednesday provided victims’ relatives with a summary […]
By Lauraann Wood Law360 (September 17, 2019, 10:16 PM EDT) — An Illinois attorney who has represented victims of most major commercial airline crashes in the last 40 years was appointed Tuesday to lead a consolidated lawsuit seeking to hold the Boeing Co. liable for the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash. Attorney Robert A. Clifford of Clifford Law Offices will take […]
Steven Marks will help lead the plaintiffs executive committee handling nearly 100 cases filed over the Ethiopian Airlines crash that led Boeing to ground its 737 Max 8 jet. By Amanda Bronstad | September 17, 2019 Podhurst Orseck’s Steven Marks and two other attorneys with extensive experience in airline crash lawsuits will lead nearly 100 cases filed over […]
By: Sinéad Baker Aug. 31, 2019, 5:07 AM A lawyer representing an aircraft leasing company suing Boeing says the 737 Max no longer has any “no value” after two deadly crashes undermined customer confidence in the plane. Avia Capital Services, an aircraft leasing company, is suing Boeing, claiming that it intentionally misled customers and regulators […]
Law360 (August 27, 2019, 4:37 PM EDT) — Boeing has been hit with a $115 million lawsuit alleging it misrepresented the safety of its 737 Max jets to aircraft leasing companies that were duped into inking multimillion-dollar contracts with the American aerospace giant, according to an Illinois state court lawsuit filed Monday. Avia Capital Services LLC, a […]
Avia Capital Services claims crashes due to ‘negligent actions’ of manufacturer Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 14:25 A Russian aircraft leasing company is suing Boeing for breach of contract in connection with its grounded 737 Max in what is the first lawsuit brought against the US manufacturer by a customer over the safety crisis. Avia Capital Services, a […]
Avia agreed years ago to buy 35 By: Rob McLean, CNN Business Posted: Aug 27, 2019 12:42 PM CDT (CNN) – A Russian company that leases aircraft is suing Boeing over the plane maker’s grounded 737 Max 8 jets. It is the first Boeing customer to sue over the grounding. Avia, which agreed several years ago to […]
Associated Press • August 27, 2019 MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian aircraft leasing company says it has filed a lawsuit against Boeing over an order of 35 Boeing 737 Max jets, but that it’s open to a settlement. Avia Capital Services told the state-owned Tass news agency Tuesday that it has brought the lawsuit against […]