While Attempting to Make an Emergency Landing, Gulfstream IV Strikes Terrain and Crashes, Killing 9

Case Title: Bogle v. Helidosa Aviation Group On December 15, 2021, a Gulfstream IV, registered aircraft HI-1050, operated by Helidosa Aviation Group, arrived at the Higuero/La Isabela-Dr. Joaquin Balaguer Airport following a flight from San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft was scheduled to continue on to Orlando, Florida, but the Helidosa…

Landing Gear Malfunctions and Cessna Crashes in a Vacant Residential Lot

Case Title: Boaz v. Midwest ATC, Vitatoe Aviation, LLC, and Aircraft Inspection & Repair, LLC On June 24, 2018, a pilot was flying a Cessna P210N, registration N3896P, from Baytown, Texas to Detroit, Michigan with his wife and seventeen-year-old son to see his daughter play in a volleyball tournament. The pilot…

Beech BE-300 King Air Crashes into Hangar at Addison Airport, Killing 10

Case Title: Addison King Air Crash In the early morning on June 30, 2019, a Beech BE-300 King Air 350i, twin engine turbine aircraft, registration number N534FF, was departing the Addison airport in Addison, Texas on a flight bound for Florida. Shortly after take-off, one of the power levers suddenly and…

Negligently Prescribed Medication Causes Harm to Baby

A young woman was improperly prescribed a dangerous teratogenic (which causes birth injuries) drug for a minor condition. Unknown to her, the drug’s effects persist in the system for up to three years, and although this effect is not well known to the public, it is or should be well known…

Severe Brain Injury During Elective Surgery

A young man having elective surgery never recovered from the brain damage caused by surgical and anesthesia negligence, poor hospital staffing and training and dangerous surgical products. The surgeon, using a robotic assistive device, made an inadvertent hole into the chest cavity, which he did not detect. This led to the…

18-Wheeler Traveling in Wrong Lane Results in Liability Lawsuit

Slack Davis Sanger recently resolved a case involving the wrongful death of a 22-year-old young man who died as a result of a head-on collision with an 18-wheeler that was traveling in the wrong lane in West Texas. The case settled for the policy limit of liability of the trucking company…

Downed Power Line Results in Electrical Burn Injuries to a Child

Slack Davis Sanger recently successfully resolved a case involving serious electrical burn injuries to a 6-year-old Navajo boy living on Navajo tribal lands in the Four Corners area of Utah. Texas-based oil companies operated an oil field adjacent to the boy’s home. An electrical power pole supplying power to the field…

First Officer’s Improper Rudder Use Results in Commercial Airplane Crash Lawsuit

Case Title: American Airlines Flight 587 On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, flying from JFK International Airport, New York to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood in Queens, New York. All 260 people on board died (251 passengers, nine crew members), along with five people…

Inadequate Safety Guards and Safety Training Lead to Cotton Gin Worker Losing His Leg

Case title: Damon Wilson v. PPF Gin & Warehouse, LLC; Lummus Corporation; Ram Manufacturing Company; and Stover Equipment Co., Inc.; Cause No. 11248 in the 62nd Judicial District Court of Delta County, Texas. Mitch McCrea represented Damon Wilson, a recently-hired cotton gin laborer, who lost his leg when his supervisors asked him…