Aviation Accidents
When an airplane falls out of the sky, the result is often devastating injuries and loss of life. Experience is absolutely critical to the success of personal injury and wrongful death suits brought on behalf of survivors. Dozier, Miller, Pollard & Murphy, LLP, has achieved record-setting recoveries in aviation accident cases in North Carolina and across the country.
Proven Experience & Results
The following is a partial list of some of the results we have achieved for our clients who were victims of aviation accidents. This list does not constitute a promise or guarantee of any particular result in any particular case. Each case was handled and resolved on its own merit, and the outcome of any particular case cannot be predicted by these results. Unless otherwise specified, each of the following cases was contested on liability and damages, the opposing parties were represented, the matters involved complex legal and/or factual issues, and the law firm was successful in collecting the amounts stated:
- $26.05 million recovery for the wrongful deaths of a husband and wife in a North Carolina plane crash (at the time reported, February 3, 2006, the largest wrongful death settlement ever in North Carolina and the highest aviation settlement in U.S. history for the death of a husband and wife) (Cabarrus County 2005)
- $2.025 million recovery (policy limits) for the wrongful death of a Georgia resident in a Mount Airy, North Carolina plane crash (Polk County, Georgia – 2009)
- Confidential settlement for the wrongful death of pilot of an airplane with a defective fuel tank switch that crashed in New Jersey (Trenton, New Jersey – 1984)
Pilot error is the cause of more than half of all fatal airplane crashes, with mechanical failure accounting for an additional 20 percent. Our attorneys understand the many complicated factors that go into the successful prosecution of an airplane accident case. We know how to investigate the factors contributing to the accident, determine whether there was pilot error, defective or improperly maintained equipment, or some other cause that contributed to the crash. We investigate whether the airplane owner, manufacturer, component part supplier, maintenance company or others may be liable and retain experts who are preeminent in their fields to provide analysis and testimony at trial.
Dozier, Miller, Pollard & Murphy, LLP’s North Carolina Aviation Accident Counsel:
