Aircraft Crashes and Airline Liability
Airplane travel is generally safe. However, an injury or death can occur during boarding, in flight, or during landing. Injuries can be caused by a pilot’s or an airline’s failure to adhere to federal standards, general negligence, or defectively designed or improperly maintained equipment.
At Decof & Decof, our aircraft accident attorneys handle personal injury and wrongful death litigation involving commercial and private planes of all types and sizes.
Whether an injury occurred on the ground or in the air, our airplane injury lawyers have the knowledge and experience to ensure your claim is handled effectively.
We handle a variety of claims involving the following:
Aircraft design
Not all aircraft are properly designed. Defects in airplanes of all sizes and helicopters are responsible for serious and fatal crashes. Manufacturers can be held liable for injuries and deaths resulting from their negligent design or manufacture of aircraft.
Air traffic controller negligence
Air traffic controllers have one of the most stressful jobs because they are responsible for the safety of hundreds of planes every day. Unfortunately, controllers can make devastating mistakes that result in fatal airplane crashes.
Pilot error
Human error is one of the common causes of aircraft crashes. Making the wrong judgment, giving the wrong order, lack of training, ignoring equipment or weather warnings, and pilot fatigue may all lead to deadly results for airplane passengers and crew.
Decof & Decof’s significant aircraft accident cases
- $7.2 million judgment following a jury verdict on behalf of an elderly man and his wife against a commercial airline for injuries sustained as a result of a fall from the stairway of the plane
- $5.2 million settlement on behalf of the estates of a 49-year-old man and his 10-year-old son who were killed in the crash of a private aircraft
Please see Our Record of Success for additional aircraft accident verdicts and settlements.
Let us help
Please contact our Providence, RI personal injury attorneys 24 hours a day for a free consultation. We offer clients a contingency fee arrangement, which means you pay no legal fees unless we obtain a verdict or settlement on your behalf.
