November, 2010

Law Firm Obtains $100 Million Dollar Verdict for Aircraft Engine Failure

Law Firm Obtains $100 Million Dollar Verdict for Aircraft Engine Failure

Wolk Law Firm has achieved yet another milestone in air crash litigation – this time an $89 million verdict against Avco Corporation for a defective carburetor that killed three people and severely injured a fourth. Delay damages from the defendant’s incessant unsuccessful appeals will raise the total to well over $100 million.

This verdict is doubly significant because it was decided under the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, a federal statute that imposes a statute of repose on lawsuits against aircraft and their component manufacturers eighteen years after the product is sold.

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