More Bad News for the Airline Industry After a Spectacular 777 Engine Failure
It’s not a great time for either airlines or air plane manufacturers in the shadow of Covid, but this week, things got demonstrably worse for embattled U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing when one of its 777 [...]
No News About Cause of Franklin County Small Plane Crash Yet
When a commercial airplane crashes, it makes instant headline news. The cause of the crash is investigated carefully and each new discovery eagerly reported by the media. However, the reality is that commercial airline crashes [...]
Retailers Liability When Selling a Defective Product
When all products are produced there is inevitably a line that is set up from the manufacturer to the purchaser. Even though a retailer may not have manufactured or distributed the product, it can be [...]
Did the Crashed Indonesian Airline’s Boeing Plane Have a Faulty Throttle?
Thousands of travelers fly on Boeing jets everyday throughout the country. Most believe that Boeing jets are safe and well maintained by airlines despite the recent prolonged design fault issue with Boeing’s Max 8s. However, [...]
Hit by an Emergency Vehicle? Can You Sue?
If you are waiting at a controlled intersection and proceed when the lights are green, but are hit by another vehicle speeding through a red light, you would normally expect that you would have the [...]
737 Max Aircraft Cleared to Fly But Will Anyone Want to Fly One?
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally cleared Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft to fly again after an order to ground all planes in March 2019. Boeing’s reputation has been tarnished by the two avoidable [...]
FDA’s Class I Recalls: a Case Study
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the federal agency tasked with approving drugs and medical devices. Once something has been approved for use, there may be reasons why the item is recalled later [...]
Double recognition for Excellence as a Lawyer for Keith Williams!
Congratulations to our very own Keith Williams who has just won, not one, but two, awards for excellence as a lawyer! One of these awards was for the second time running. To be included in [...]
Three Air National Guard Members Killed in Plane Crash Near McMinniville TN
It has been confirmed that the three people in the Piper PA-28 airplane that crashed in a field near Warren County Memorial Airport in Minniville Tennessee, north east of Nashville, were all Air National Guard [...]
New FAA Airworthiness Directive Means Boeing Max 8s Unlikely to Fly Any Time Soon
Hundreds of Boeing 737 Max8s remain grounded all over the world following the discovery of defective flight control software that brought down two commercial aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia, killing a total of 346 passengers [...]