On December 21, 2009, the U.S. Department of Transportation, (“DOT”), announced a new rule that imposes a three hour limit on the amount of time an airline can keep a passenger on board a domestic flight that has been delayed on the tarmac. Exceptions exist within the rule for concerns of safety or security, or if the […]
Aviation
Jury Awards $7.1 Million Verdict To Family Of Victim Of Comair Flight 5191 Plane Crash
A jury in Lexington, Kentucky, awarded $7.1 Million to the family of a 39-year-old man killed when Comair Flight 5191 took off from the wrong runway at Lexington’s Blue Grass Airport on August 27, 2006. After a four-day trial in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, the jury of eight returned […]
Recent Northwest Airlines Overflight Incident Underscores The Need For Cockpit Video Recorders
Aviation safety experts, including the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), have been calling for image recorders in airline cockpits for years. In fact, the NTSB includes this recommendation on its “Most Wanted List” of safety improvements. In the wake of the recent Northwest Airlines incident–in which the pilots of a flight bound for Minneapolis inexplicably overflew […]
Comair Plaintiff May Have The First Loss Of Consortium Claim Ever Tried In Kentucky
Comair plaintiff Jamie Hebert could likely be the first person to litigate a loss of consortium claim in the state of Kentucky. A recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge Karl S. Forrester reinstated Ms. Hebert’s loss of consortium claim against Comair. Ms Hebert lost her husband, Bryan Keith Woodward, in the August 27, 2006 airplane […]
Federal Judge Reinstates Comair Plaintiff’s Loss Of Consortium Claim
On October 9, 2009, United States District Court Judge Karl S. Forrester issued an order reinstating the loss of spousal consortium claim of Jamie Hebert, the last surviving spouse with a wrongful death claim against Comair for the August 27, 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191. Ms. Hebert’s husband, Bryan Keith Woodward, was killed when […]
Kentucky Supreme Court Rules Surviving Spouses Have The Right To Sue For Loss Of Companionship
On October 1, 2009 the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a ruling granting a surviving spouse the right to sue for loss of consortium damages in a wrongful death case following the death of their spouse, an issue thrust into the spotlight by the litigation surrounding the August, 2006 crash of Comair Flight 5191 at Lexington’s […]
