Tag: Pilot
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Piloting Expert Was Allowed to Opine on Spatial Disorientation
This case arises from an accident involving a Robinson R44 II helicopter, registration N442VB (“Helicopter”), that occurred on the evening of December 30, 2021, in Levy County, Florida. The Helicopter was being flown at night by the owner-pilot, Ronald Hicks (“Pilot Hicks”), from a local friend’s residence to his private property. At the time of…
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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…
