1998 Aero Mexico
Passenger injured by falling luggage.

1998 Barbados
Landing gear collapses injuring pilot of commercial carrier.

1997 American Airlines LAX
Smoke in cabin caused emergency landing and traumatic stress disorder to passenger.

1995 Delta Airlines Las Vegas
Passenger injured by falling luggage.

1993 China Eastern Airlines MD-II Aleutian Islands
Deployment of leading edge slats in cruise flight caused serious injuries to passengers.

1992 Pakistan International Airlines Kathmandu, Nepal
Airbus crashes on approach killing all on board.

1991 Skywest Airlines Palm Springs, CA
Severe turbulence injured passenger.

1986 PSA En Route to Los Angeles
Turbine blades punctured passenger cabin causing traumatic stress disorder.

1986 Northwest Airlines Japan to Los Angeles, CA
Passenger slipped on stairs of 747 causing significant injuries.

1979 American Airlines Chicago, IL
DC-10 engine failure caused aircraft to crash.

 
General Aviation:

1998 Vondra v. United States
Crash of Piper Arrow into mountainous terrain due to controller error.

1998 Lonian v. Southern California Edison
Crash of Piper Arrow into power lines near Hesperia, CA.

1998 Machowsky v. Ostrove Fuel starvation caused crash of Cessna 177 on approach to Santa Monica Airport.

1997 SAA v. Aero Engines
Defective carburetor caused crash of crop duster in Guatemala.

1997 Tomigashi v. Matsumoto
Crash of Beech C-23 into apartment building due to exhaust system failure.

1997 Copeland v. AOG
Crash of DeHavilland Beaver at Ketchikan, Alaska.

1996 Tahmouressi v. Air Time
Crash of Rockwell Commander at Whiteman Airport killing all on board.

1995 Koike v. Air Desert Pacific
Mid-air collision near Banning, CA.

1993 Brown v. United States
Air Traffic controllers caused Piper Comanche crash in mountainous terrain.

1991 Cessna 337
Crash of aircraft on aircraft on approach to Bullhead City, Arizona.

1991 Rahgozar
Passenger in Robinson helicopter decapitated after deplaning.

1990 Robinson R-22
Crash of helicopter on approach to landing in Virginia.

1983 Hiller Helicopter
Passenger decapitated after “mast bumping” episode.

1980 – 1985 Various Cessna Cases
Several cases against Cessna involving vapor lock in 200 series aircraft.

 
Other Cases of Note

1999 Zao v. Anderson & Howard Electric
Million dollar verdict in Orange County for car accident case involving soft tissue injuries.

1998 Choti v. Mulliken Medical Center
Medical malpractice case involving death of 14-year-old boy resulting in $2.4 million verdict, one of the highest in country for child death.

1998 Gonzalez v. State of California
Bicycle rider paralyzed due to gravel of roadway shoulder.

1997 Hernandez v. Interstate Chemicals
Woman rummaging garbage cans hit by truck, resulting in a $500,000 settlement.

1997 Burn v. Johnson & Johnson
Antibiotic Floxin caused ruptured Achilles tendons in elderly man.

1996 Reitz v. McKay
At the time, one of the highest dental malpractice verdicts in California.

1995 Charachuri
Head injury to pedestrian to pedestrian resulting in $2.3 million settlement.

1995 Gomez v. L.A. Community College District
$770,000 verdict for pedestrian hit by car.

1992 Jack v. Secretary of Health
Nursing student became deaf after Rubella vaccination.

1983 Kauffman v. SCRTD
72-year-old woman killed by bus in pedestrian cross-walk, resulting in $664,000 verdict for 75-year-old surviving husband.