Category: Aviation Expert Witness
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Aviation Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Wing Repairs
The claims in this action for negligence, gross negligence, and vicarious liability arise out of damage caused to The Jones Company’s (“TJC”) 2024 Embraer Phenom 300E aircraft (“the aircraft”). On December 30, 2024, the aircraft was flown to New Orleans Lakefront Airport, where Signature Flight Support, LLC was providing fixed-base operator services, including ground handling…
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Aviation Expert’s Testimony on Flight Attendant Conduct Excluded
In this personal injury case, Plaintiff Ana Maria Marcela Tavantzis (“Tavantzis”), individually and on behalf of her husband, Jesus Plascencia (“Plasencia”), alleged Defendant American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) was responsible for a stroke Plasencia suffered just prior to landing on an international flight from Miami to Madrid, Spain. Plaintiff’s expert Captain Richard J. Levy advanced three…
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Film and Movie Production Expert Witness’ Opinion Assists Court by Clarifying Article’s Factual Elements
Plaintiffs Shosh Yonay and Yuval Yonay (collectively “Plaintiffs”) are the widow and son of Ehud Yonay (“Yonay”), the author of a magazine article “Top Guns” (the “Article”) published in California Magazine on April 21, 1983. The Article is an account of the experiences of F-14 pilots and radio intercept officers as they undergo training at…
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Legal Assertions made by Aviation Expert Witness Rejected Despite his Experience as a Pilot
On June 24, 2023, at approximately 3:08 PM, Colter Bay Rangers were notified “of an illegally landed helicopter at the base of Moran Creek in Moran Bay.” According to the probable cause statement, Rangers G’Sell and Cardenas responded and found “a Eurocopter Helicopter (N708SD) . . . [with] two individuals outside the helicopter.” After contacting…
