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Family of US Passengers on Germanwings Plane File Wrongful Death Lawsuit

The family of an American mother and daughter killed when a pilot deliberately flew an airliner into a mountainside on Monday sued the German airline, its parent company and the U.S. airline that sold them their tickets. The wrongful death …

New Class Action Suit Filed by Asiana Passengers in 2013 Plane Crash

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines Inc is facing a new class action suit from passengers on a plane that crashed in San Francisco in 2013 that seeks a combined $30 million in damages, a lawyer for the passengers said. Three teenagers …

Allianz is Lead Reinsurer for Missing AirAsia Plane

German insurer Allianz said on Monday it was the lead re-insurer to the AirAsia jet missing off the Indonesian coast with 162 people on board, making it the third major airline accident it has been involved in this year. The …

Airline Could Be Liable in Crash if Caused by Attack

Families of passengers who were on the Malaysia Airlines plane shot down over Ukraine are starting to sort through the long process of gaining compensation for their loss. Officials in the Netherlands, where the majority of Flight 17 victims lived, …

Malaysia Airlines Lawsuits Unlikely to be Heard in U.S.

Since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 went missing, some lawyers have claimed they can get several millions of dollars in damages for each lost passenger by taking the cases to the United States. But past lawsuits show U.S. federal courts are …

Liability Questions Surround Jet’s Mystery Disappearance

As the final hours of Malaysian Air Flight 370 remain wrapped in mystery, the question of who bears full liability for the jet’s disappearance is also unresolved. This much is clear: Families of the 227 passengers aboard the flight that …

Asiana Could Save Millions By Blocking U.S. Lawsuits Over Crash

Asiana Airlines Inc. could avoid hundreds of millions of dollars in verdicts and settlements by employing a tactic under international law to bar Chinese and South Korean passengers from suing in victim-friendly U.S. courts over the crash of Flight 214. …