Experienced Trial Lawyers You Can Depend On
Most airplane accidents involve privately-owned planes, corporate jets and small chartered aircraft. According to statistics compiled by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for 2008, the fatal accident rate per 100,000 flight hours in the general aviation category is nearly five times greater than the rate of accidents for major commercial carriers.
Part of this difference is no doubt due to the experience level of the pilots, but the aircraft's design, a defective part, poor maintenance, an air traffic control error, weather and other factors may be just as likely to have caused a plane to crash.
It is also important to recognize that the investigation of small plane accidents can be much more difficult, and that the legal issues involved with such cases are at least as complex as those associated with major airline disasters.
All of which makes having an attorney with actual trial experience an absolute must.
Record-Setting Results
At O'Reilly Collins, our experience with airplane accident litigation dates back more than 35 years. Today, hundreds of cases and hundreds of millions of dollars in results later, we continue to deliver maximum results for people injured as the result of small plane accidents here, in California, and throughout the United States.
Our record of success includes the 1986 case of Paboojian v. Teledyne Continental Motors, which remains to this day, the largest injury settlement ever awarded to a single plaintiff in any aviation case. In that case, a lengthy, independent investigation by our firm yielded crucial evidence that helped us convince the defendants, after four days of trial, to settle with our client (who had been a CEO before the accident) for more than $31 million dollars.
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.
