Aircraft Accidents Are Our Sole Focus
Our attorneys have successfully represented victims of virtually every major air disaster that occurred in the United States and many that occurred abroad in the past 35 years, including Northwest Airlines flight 255 at Detroit, Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, Continental Airlines flight 1713 in Denver, United Airlines flight 811 over the Pacific Ocean, United Airlines flight 585 at Colorado Springs, TWA Airlines flight 800 over the Atlantic Ocean, Korean Airlines flight 801 on Guam Island, American Eagle flight 3379 near Raleigh- Durham, United Airlines flight 232 at Sioux City, Iowa, USAir flight 427 near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Comair flight 3272 near Detroit and Comair 5191 at Lexington, Kentucky. We proudly represented the flight crew of the Boeing 737 Max airliner that crashed at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In addition to commercial airline disasters, we have represented countless victims of general aviation air crashes.
For over thirty-five years our law firm, its partners, associates, paralegals, and staff, have been devoted to zealously advancing our clients’ interests in personal injury and wrongful death claims arising from aircraft accidents. We have led the way in product liability trials to jury verdicts on complex issues of improper aircraft design and manufacture resulting in mistakes that induced systems failures leading to crashes. To name only a few, we have successfully handled cases involving inadequate airframe de-icing systems, reversing rudders, runaway trim systems, flutter induced in-flight structural failures, autopilot malfunctions, engine malfunctions, fly-by- wire failures causing loss of directional control and failures in complex after-market augmented flight control systems. We have handled innumerable cases involving improper maintenance on aircraft and pilot error, including flight into severe weather.
We have a proud history of favorable jury verdicts and settlements. In addition to the compensation and closure that we have provided for our clients, we have also advanced the rights of every aviation accident victim through our legal advocacy. Katzman, Lampert & Stoll stood at the front line of federal preemption litigation, which if lost would have precluded every personal injury and wrongful death claim against culpable aviation manufacturers. We twice litigated federal preemption to the United States Supreme Court, and we succeeded. We have stood at the top echelon of the legal practice and have litigated in courts across the country.
Most importantly, we are trial lawyers who willingly take on the most challenging cases and zealously fight to obtain a just result for our clients.
Aviation Crashes and Accidents in the News
Below you will find articles about some of our recent cases, as well as news related to aviation crashes.
Door Blows Off, FAA Grounds Boeing 737 Max 9
Katzman, Lampert & Stoll has been retained to represent Alaska 1282 plaintiffs and is in the process of discussing the case with others. Please contact us at (866) 309-6097 to discuss the matter in detail.Please see the related article here >>> Door Departs Boeing...
Unforeseen Encounters with Turbulence
On Wednesday, March 1, 2023, seven passengers aboard Lufthansa flight 469 sustained injuries requiring hospitalization resulting from severe turbulence that the airplane encountered while in cruise flight at 37,000 feet over Tennessee. The flight was enroute from...
Understanding Turbulence
There are two main categories to learn when trying to understand turbulence; what is the degree of the turbulence and what is the cause of the turbulence. The degree describes the severity of the turbulence and how the airplane experiences the effects. The cause of...
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