Helicopter Crash Litigation, Second Edition


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Helicopter Crash Litigation, Second Edition is, simply put, an essential volume for any lawyer litigating a helicopter crash case. No other book is devoted exclusively to the representation of plaintiffs in helicopter crash cases. These unique cases require a different approach and techniques, which you will learn from accomplished trial lawyer Gary Robb, who has used these same techniques in a brilliant career as a trial lawyer. This indispensable text travels through the different knowledge and skill sets critical in the successful handling of these cases, ranging from the basic elements of helicopter structure and flight, through the preliminary factual investigation, filing the case, discovery, common defenses, damages and trial. Real helicopter case examples are utilized throughout so as to give context to the suggestions and techniques discussed. The author also recommends safety improvements within the helicopter industry for preventing these accidents in the future.




Aviation Accident Law


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Aircraft Crash Litigation


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Litigating the Aviation Case


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Aviation law is a constantly evolving area of practice, continuing to change in response to the many challenges facing the industry. Litigating these cases is notoriously complex and challenging, requiring extensive expertise with aviation and engineering principles coupled with detailed legal analysis. A long-trusted resource, this updated edition of Litigating the Aviation Case provides current information and strategic guidance on all aspects of aviation litigation. An overview and analysis of the current legal issues in aviation litigation by the most prominent names in the aviation legal community, this revised edition offers important updates and insights on traditional issues as well as in-depth discussion of current and evolving topics, many of which are in response to the multijurisdictional nature of aviation. The book's 38 chapters address critical issues in aviation litigation, including: - Jurisdiction- Forum non conveniens- Preemption- The Montreal Convention- Unruly passengers- Preservation of evidence- Insurance coverage- Damages- The impact of trade sanctions and Medicare on litigation, and moreWritten by practicing litigators who share their insights and expertise, this compendium offers strategic guidance on the full array of aviation litigation issues, including: - Locating recognized sub-specialists- Maximizing the effectiveness of evidence- Presenting effective opening and closing statements- Cross-examining witnesses- Developing winning trial strategies







Unsafe at Any Altitude


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Travel with Richard Francis Schaden on his crusade to make air travel safer. The journey will take you from his early days as a naïve young engineer at Boeing, to his training by fire as a novice attorney representing criminal defendants in the Detroit riots, before he even had a chance to take the bar exam, and through his decades long career representing air crash victims and their families. Richard’s tenure at Boeing was short, after he discovered that economics and marketing played a greater role in airplane design than he could as an engineer for the company. Richard describes how the fox often watches the hen house when it comes to aircraft certification and accident reports, with the airplane manufacturers and airlines playing an integral and conflicted role as the partner of the FAA and NTSB. Richard would come to discover that he could do more effective aviation engineering in the courtroom, then he could do within the engineering departments of major aviation manufacturers. This book takes you through Richard’s entertaining engineering and legal career in his decades long effort to force the aviation industry to make air travel safer.




Negligence Case Techniques


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Air Disaster Litigation


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