September 19, 2024 By Lisa Willis, Daily Business Review “I think the reality of it is that there is nothing more important for an air traffic controller than ensuring the separation of aircraft and making sure that that is done is of utmost importance in their job,” said Podhurst Orseck partner Lea P. Bucciero, whose […]
August 13, 2024 By: Lisa Willis, Daily Business Review While not associated with this case, Miami attorney Pablo Rojas is on the legal team from Podhurst Orseck in Miami, counsel for Miami-based Carlyle Aviation Partners in their Florida lawsuit against various aviation insurers over unpaid claims for aircraft lost as a result of Russia’s invasion […]
August 12, 2024 A California judge denied insurers’ motion for summary judgment in insureds’ lawsuit seeking coverage for its $127,810,258.48 in losses arising from aircraft that was leased to Russian airlines and not returned following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, concluding that the insurers have failed to demonstrate that the insureds did not suffer a physical […]
Half of Podhurst Orseck partners along with two practices are recognized among the nation’s leading law firms in annual rankings. MIAMI – June 10, 2024 – The 2024 edition of Chambers USA, one of the most prestigious legal publications in the world, recognizes six Podhurst Orseck attorneys as leaders in their respective practices. Additionally, Podhurst […]
By Carolina Bolado – Law360, Miami (April 29, 2024, 9:59 PM EDT) A Florida-based aircraft leasing company has pushed back on its insurers’ request to pause its coverage suit for $700 million worth of airplanes reappropriated by Russian airlines after the Ukraine war began, saying the insurers’ own litigation against reinsurers should have no bearing […]
By Katrina Dewey – LawDragon (April 5, 2024) We are honored to introduce The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers. This is our inaugural edition recognizing this remarkable, globe-spanning group of advocates who are forging a new day for justice throughout the world. It is also, we believe, the first guide of its kind. These […]
“A runway incursion should never happen, and there are so many backup systems that are supposed to prevent it, that it’s really surprising in this environment and today’s world that there could possibly have been such an accident.”
The London aviation insurance market could be in for a chaotic 2024, Steven Marks of Podhurst Orseck predicts, as reinsurers scramble to cover damages for aircraft crashes that are ballooning far more than planned. December 15, 2023 at 06:41 PM A financial crisis is incoming for the aviation industry in the new year due to […]
Law360, Linda Chiem (June 14, 2023, 10:55 PM EDT) — Boeing has agreed to settle five wrongful death cases over the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash days before a damages trial starts in Chicago federal court, but the family of a Rwandan United Nations worker will still take their case to trial, attorneys for the […]
What are some of the department’s most satisfying successes of 2022, and why? The successful resolution of the case involving the Champlain Towers collapse for $1 billion, where our firm served as lead counsel for the personal injury claims, was one of our most satisfying successes. While the lives lost could never be brought back, […]
