Help for Aviation Accident Victims Worldwide
Aviation accidents occurring outside of the United States or those involving international commercial airlines can be exceptionally complicated by international treaties and by jurisdictional and choice of law issues.
Where does the lawsuit have to be filed? Which state's or country's law should be applied by the court hearing the case? What is important to know is that how these two questions are answered during the early stages of the case can dramatically impact your case.
At O'Reilly Collins, we understand the complicated legal, jurisdictional and choice of law issues involved with international airline accidents. More importantly, we did not gain that understanding by reading about it in a law book. We gained it from handling real cases. In fact, our attorneys have actual trial experience with these cases dating back to 1974.
Today, our lawyers are able to assist clients nationwide, and worldwide. We have also established a working relationship with a United Kingdom law firm for cases that cannot be handled in the U.S. courts.
Nothing Trumps a Record of Success
O'Reilly Collins has tried or settled nearly a half-dozen lawsuits involving international airlines or aviation disasters abroad. While that may not seem like many cases in comparison to the hundreds of helicopter and small plane accident cases our firm has handled — major airline disasters are, thankfully, few and far between.
Even so, every bit of the knowledge and resources our firm has gained from more than 35 years of aviation accident litigation experience is valuable and beneficial to our clients today. Evidence of this can be seen in results that include:
- A $165 million dollar settlement for families of those killed when a Boeing 737 crashed in the Republic of the Philippines
- A confidential eight-figure settlement for those lost in the crash of Adam Air's Boeing 737 in the Sulawesi Straits off Indonesia
- A confidential nine-figure settlement for families of passengers killed in the crash of a Garuda Boeing 737 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- An eight-figure partial settlement involving the crash of Kenya Airways 507 at Mbanga Pongo, the Cameroons (this action continues in Illinois)
To learn more, contact O'Reilly Collins online or call our law offices in the San Francisco area from anywhere in California or the United States, toll-free, at 888-696-5371.
