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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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Written by Anne M. Huarte
for trial attorneys and partners, William H. Wimsatt and Peter T. Cathcart
of:
MAGAÑA, CATHCART & McCARTHY
1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 810
Los Angeles, California 90067-5899
(310) 553-6630 mcmc-law.com
Presented by William H. Wimsatt
Introduction
In this air tragedy case, Article 28 of the [...]

The tragic aircrash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, a Boeing (nee McDonnell-Douglas-83) aircraft, on 31 January 2000 has received considerable scrutiny from the news media, as reports of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation into the cause of the accident and other civil investigations unrelated to this aircrash and [...]

By Charles M. Finkel, Esq.
As can be seen by the recent crash of Singapore Airlines Flight 006, no matter how safe airline travel has become, there are occasional accidents which tragically alter the lives of innocent passengers and their families. It may be months before the causal chain of events [...]