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Slack Davis Sanger founding partner and trial attorney Mike Davis passed away on March 30, 2022. Mike was a graduate of the University of Texas, a distinguished law graduate of St. Mary’s Law School and a briefing attorney for Justice Franklin Spears on the Texas Supreme Court. Mike was recognized as a brilliant advocate whether in…
According to Mike Slack, a licensed pilot, former NASA aerospace engineer and aviation attorney with Slack Davis Sanger, the 5G rollout can interfere with radar altimeters causing them to malfunction at a critical moment in the landing approach close to the ground. “The pilot may need to abort the landing attempt and make another approach…
Slack Davis Sanger Managing Partner Mike Slack worked with ProPublica on a deep-dive into the deadly history of Alaska’s small commercial aviation industry. The story features SDS client, Julie Sullivan, whose husband Randy was one of six victims of a fatal mid-air collision in May 2019. Mike Slack was the lead attorney in her case,…
The fatal accident on May 4 in Hattiesburg, Miss. of a privately owned and operated Mitsubishi MU-2B-60 Marquise was the latest in the history of an aircraft with a questionable safety record, according to Slack Davis Sanger LLP, an international personally injury and aviation law firm that has successfully litigated cases involving this make and…
Slack Davis Sanger partner Ladd Sanger is no stranger to litigating complex fatal helicopter crashes, particularly those in remote Alaskan landscapes where weather and visibility often exacerbate the severity of a case. Sanger provided insight on the latest Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter crash that killed five, including the Czech Republic’s richest man Petr Kellner, in…
The fatal crash Saturday, March 27, of a tour helicopter near Knik Glacier, in the rugged mountainous region northeast of Anchorage, Alaska raises numerous safety questions about the helicopter tour operator at the center of the incident. Five people on board the Airbus AS350 B3 helicopter died when the aircraft crashed while conducting a heli-skiing…
The fatal 133-vehicle crash that occurred on an icy stretch of I-35W is under investigation, with the National Transportation Safety Board focused primarily on the road conditions and whether proper de-icing measures were taken. Slack Davis Sanger Managing Partner Mike Slack talked with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the wealth of information the NTSB will be able…
The NTSB preliminary ruling in the fatal 2020 helicopter crash that killed basketball star Kobe Bryant as well as his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, two of her basketball teammates, and their parents showed that the pilot’s decision to fly into zero-visibility weather conditions caused the crash. Even though the cause seems clear-cut, Slack Davis Sanger Dallas…
When it comes to hashing out urban drone law, it’s unclear whether the FAA and local governments are on the same page. Mike Slack, the managing partner & co-founder of Slack Davis Sanger, told Texas Lawyer that he doubts the FAA and cities have had any serious discussions to date. He described the challenges to…
Dallas Managing Partner Ladd Sanger shared his technical aviation knowledge with several news outlets regarding the United Flight 328 uncontained engine failure that occurred on February 20, 2021 on a Boeing 777 commercial airplane en route to Honolulu, Hawaii from Denver, Colo. Some Boeing 777 airplanes grounded after United Flight 328 scare over Denver The Denver…