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Shoulder Pain Pump Litigation
The law firm of Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy represents clients across the United States in cases involving intra-articular pain pump catheters. These devices are frequently used after rotator cuff surgery or shoulder decompression surgery, and are linked to a serious condition known as Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chrondrolysis (PAGCL). PAGCL is an extremely painful and debilitating condition… Read More »
Illegal Tour Bus Involved in Deadly Arizona Crash
On March 5, 2010, six Mexican citizens died when the bus they were traveling in crashed on Interstate 10 near Casa Grande, Arizona, about 30 miles southeast of Phoenix. Sixteen other passengers were injured in the crash, as were both the driver and back-up driver of the bus. As of March 10, half of… Read More »
Pending Cases As Of December, 2006
Burkardt v. clear Channel Communications 2004 crash of Cessna 182 into the KFI radio tower near Fullerton Airport. Parent of plaintiffs killed in crash. Trial set for 2/07 Canright v. United States 2004 crash of Piper aircraft near Santa Barbara, CA on behalf of parents of one passenger. Settlement entered into with Estate of… Read More »
Supreme court milestone ruling gives boost to airline liability cases
For Immediate Release March 10, 2004 Contact: Clay Robbins, III – (310) 553-6630 Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy (MC&M), a law firm specializing in aviation liability cases, announced today that the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Olympic Airways vs. Husain has given a boost to the firm’s efforts to make international air carriers liable… Read More »
The Airline Employee Protection Act: Yet another Paper Tiger offered up by Congress
In 1997, the deregulation of the airline industry is a fait accompli, and the deregulated air carriers now fly the vagaries of the marketplace. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ("ADA") abandoned industry-wide fare structures, altered the procedures for entry into new markets, and phased out the Civil Aeronautics Board. Understandably, Congress was concerned… Read More »
The FAA’s Charitable Contribution to Charities
by Charles M. Finkel, Esq. I had been the proverbial ostrich, with my head stuck far into the sand, when the head of a charitable flying organization gave me a call a few days ago. He questioned me about an article he had read concerning the legality of pilots flying charity missions. The article… Read More »
$9 Million Bad Faith Verdict
LOS ANGELES JURY SLAPS AVIATION INSURER WITH BAD-FAITH VERDICT OF $1.8 MILLION COMPENSATORY AND $7.2 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES Last Friday a Los Angeles jury returned a verdict against an aviation insurer for over $9 million in compensatory and punitive damages. The jury in the case entitled National Test Pilot School, et al., vs…. Read More »
Do I have a right to recover?
The Accident An experienced pilot and co-pilot are at the controls of a DC-9 as it approaches an international airport during a violent thunderstorm. The aircraft is carrying 52 passengers and a crew of five. The weather is typically hot and muggy for the time of year. The captain’s decision to proceed with the… Read More »
Update: Wire Strikes
By William H. Wimsatt Exposure to wires, antennas or other obstructions to air navigation generally occurs within and around the airport environment for airplanes. For agricultural aircraft they are a fact of life; and wire strikes are the No. 1 cause of helicopter accidents. Historically, pilots have borne the brunt of responsibility for wire… Read More »
Airport and in-flight security: Who’s responsible?
By William H. Wimsatt The September 11, 2001 air tragedies involving four airliners which were hijacked and then used as human bombs on the Trade Center buildings and Pentagon will cause all of us to re-think air travel security. The people in a position to bear this responsibility most effectively are those both on… Read More »
