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Tokyo Runway Incursion: 34-Year Aviation Lawyer Steven Marks On Causes, Legal Aftermath

Posted on January 12, 2024

“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.”

‘Insurance Crisis’ Looming for Aviation Industry in 2024, 38-Year Veteran Warns

Posted on December 18, 2023

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 […]

Boeing Settles 5 Ethiopian 737 Max Cases, Tees Up 1 For Trial

Posted on June 14, 2023

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 […]

DBR 2023 Florida Legal Awards Litigation Departments honorees Steven C. Marks and Peter Prieto of Podhurst Orseck.

Posted on May 26, 2023

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, […]

UM Law Magazine: Alumnus Pilots One of Largest Aviation Litigation Portfolios in the Nation

Posted on March 03, 2023

BY ALAN GOMEZ   Steven Marks’ first aviation trial was a disaster. Marks, J.D. ’85, was fresh out of the University of Miami School of Law and struggling to make a mark working the leftover commercial cases his higher-ups at Podhurst Orseck sent his way. His office was a converted closet he shared with another young […]

America’s Elite Trial Lawyers (2022)

Posted on August 25, 2022

By STACI ZARETSKY, On August 24, 2022 at 12:12 PM The dog days of summer are here, but lawyers still need some excitement in their lives, so it’s the perfect time for rankings and awards to be handed out. Luckily for us, the National Law Journal just named its Elite Trial Lawyers for 2022, a top prize […]

A New Car Should Not Be Stinky’: 9-Figure Class Action Certified Against Toyota in Miami

Posted on December 09, 2021

Plaintiff counsel alleged the Toyota Motor Corp. failed to disclose evidence of a defect in the heating and air conditioning systems that created a foul odor in one of their most popular vehicles. By Michael A. Mora | December 09, 2021 A federal judge in Miami certified a class action in which plaintiff attorneys are seeking […]

$127.5 million settlement over FBI errors in Parkland shooting: ‘One step closer to justice

Posted on November 23, 2021

By DAVID FLESHLER NOV 23, 2021 AT 5:16 PM The father of a 14-year-old girl killed in the Parkland school shooting takes little satisfaction in winning a stunning $127.5 million legal settlement for the FBI’s failure to follow up on tips that could have prevented the massacre. “None of this feels good,” said Fred Guttenberg, […]

Litigation Departments of the Year: Podhurst Orseck is a National Class Action Heavyweight

Posted on June 01, 2021

Podhurst Orseck’s office in Miami. Photo: J. Albert Diaz. Firm: Podhurst Orseck We don’t think of ourselves as a business or law firm, but part of the Podhurst family and that extends to our employees’ families and our clients,” the firm’s managing partners said. By Raychel Lean | June 01, 2021 Responses by managing partners Steven Marks and Peter […]

Airlines pull Boeing Max jets to inspect electrical systems

Posted on April 09, 2021

Airlines are pulling dozens of Boeing 737 Max planes out of service again, this time to inspect them for a possible electrical problem. By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers, April 9, 2021, 2:27 PM