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Court rejects helicopter haze injunction

Court rejects helicopter haze injunction

22-May-2013Source: Bozeman Daily Chronicle

An appeals court has denied a temporary injunction to halt helicopter use in bison hazing operations. (See Full Story)... Read more

Tourist sues South African R44 pilot after crash

Tourist sues South African R44 pilot after crash

10-Apr-2013Source: IOL NEWS

Argentine passenger in R44 accident sues the pilot – her boyfriend’s father (see full story).... Read more

Eurocopter’s Kazakhstan JV accused of labour law violations

Eurocopter’s Kazakhstan JV accused of labour law violations

21-Mar-2013Source: Eurasianet

Just a week after proudly announcing the expansion of the Kazakh-European joint venture producing military helicopters, it seems that relations between Kazakhstan’s government and its European partner, defense giant Eurocopter, may be getting rocky (see full story).... Read more

India’s AW101s – AgustaWestland has 7 days to respond

India’s AW101s – AgustaWestland has 7 days to respond

18-Feb-2013Source: HeliHub.com

The Indian military have commenced legal proceedings which they hope will lead to the cancellation of their order for twelve VVIP AW101 helicopters.  Through the formality of issuing a “show cause notice”, AgustaWestland now have to respond to the court within seven days on specific points to determine whether the contract remains valid or not. ... Read more

India’s AW101s – Focus on the middlemen

India’s AW101s – Focus on the middlemen

18-Feb-2013

“Haschke [the middleman] sold AgustaWestland a story based on my relationship with (cousin) SP Tyagi. We have strained ties. He (Haschke) used my name to siphon off money. The CBI probe will bring out the truth. I welcome the CBI probe,” said the former Indian Air Force chief. (see full story) A new angle has... Read more

Helicopter Adventures legal battle heads back to court

Helicopter Adventures legal battle heads back to court

12-Feb-2013Source: Myrtle Beach Online

The ongoing legal battle that could put a new helicopter tour company out of business in the Myrtle Beach area heads back to court this week. (see full story)... Read more

Former Carson employees indicted over fatal “Iron 44” S61 crash

Former Carson employees indicted over fatal “Iron 44” S61 crash

5-Feb-2013Source: Wildfire Today

Two former employees of Carson Helicopters are facing 20+ years in prison for charges related to a 2008 S61 crash that killed seven firefighters and two crew members (see full story)... Read more

UK – Instructor goes to jail for falsifying documents

UK – Instructor goes to jail for falsifying documents

4-Feb-2013Source: Yorkshire Post

A British helicopter instructor has been sentenced to six months jail for falsely signing off the training records of a student pilot to get him a pilot’s licence. The Judge said that it was impossible to say whether these actions were contributory to the “newly qualified” pilot and his wife losing their lives in their... Read more

Court orders refund of Topeka Police R44 down payment

Court orders refund of Topeka Police R44 down payment

3-Feb-2013Source: Topeka Capital-Journal

Kansas Supreme Court upholds the decision of a lower court to invalidate a 2008 contract for Topeka Police to buy an R44 after the down payment of $74,000 had been paid.  (see full story here – and the documentation from the court here)... Read more

Court denies Bell’s approach in trade secrets row

Court denies Bell’s approach in trade secrets row

1-Feb-2013Source: Law360

A Texas federal judge on Wednesday shot down Bell Helicopter Textron Inc.’s bid to block an aircraft repair company from selling a fuselage repair fixture (see story)... Read more

Louisiana man gets prison for shooting at helicopter

Louisiana man gets prison for shooting at helicopter

27-Jan-2013Source: San Francisco Chronicle

A Sikes man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for shooting at a Louisiana Army National Guard helicopter during a drug surveillance operation. (see full story)... Read more

South Africa court halts export of Alouette IIIs to Zimbabwe

South Africa court halts export of Alouette IIIs to Zimbabwe

27-Jan-2013Source: AfriForum

An urgent interim court order was awarded to AfriForum late this afternoon by the North Gauteng High Court to prevent delivery of Alouette III Air Force helicopters by the South African National Defence Force to the Zimbabwean army. The interim order shall stand pending the finalisation of the main application by 19 February 2013. AfriForum... Read more

Spain – four employees sanctioned for reporting failures in EMS helicopter

Spain – four employees sanctioned for reporting failures in EMS helicopter

22-Jan-2013Source: HeliHub.com

At least 40 employees of the 061 – the Spanish public health emergency organisation – staged a protest in Granada last week at the opening of four disciplinary cases.  Two EMS workers, a doctor and a health and safety representative are central to the situation which concerns “safety deficiencies” in the operation of the helicopter... Read more

British S300 crash lawsuit plays out in the US

British S300 crash lawsuit plays out in the US

15-Jan-2013

Negligence claims over a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two Britons should remain in the US, a judge has ruled. (see full story) We also found this document online relating to this case File photo... Read more

Man says Air Methods wrongfully terminated his employment

Man says Air Methods wrongfully terminated his employment

29-Nov-2012Source: West Virginia Record

A former employee is suing Air Methods Corporation after he claims his employment was wrongfully terminated because he reported safety violations. (see full story)... Read more

Evergreen Helicopters sued by whistleblower

Evergreen Helicopters sued by whistleblower

25-Nov-2012Source: News Register

A San Diego man who worked for Evergreen Helicopters in Afghanistan is suing the company alleging it committed safety violations that endangered employees and the fired him when he raised the issue. (see full story)... Read more

Azur Helicoptere fined €80,000 over fatal June 2009 crash

Azur Helicoptere fined €80,000 over fatal June 2009 crash

25-Nov-2012

Azur Helicopter and its Chairman were found guilty on 10th October of “manslaughter by breach of an obligation of safety or prudence.”.  This week they have been given a fine of  €80,000 (see full story). The accident is in the HeliHub.com accident database at 20-Jun-09 F-GTRF Eurocopter AS350B2 Mount Cordon, France (7F)... Read more

National Park Service issues statement on R22 crash

National Park Service issues statement on R22 crash

19-Nov-2012Source: National Park Service

The National Park Service released a statement this morning regarding the Oct. 3 helicopter crash in North Cascades National Park:- On October 4th, rangers received a report that a leased Robinson 22 helicopter had crashed the day before in a remote area of the park about six miles south of the international border with Canada.... Read more

Jury finds defect in Eurocopter AS350B3 Flight Control System

Jury finds defect in Eurocopter AS350B3 Flight Control System

19-Nov-2012Source: YES Communications

On Friday, November 16, 2012, an El Paso, Texas jury found a defective flight control component caused the fatal crash of a U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) Eurocopter AS350B3 helicopter on May 22, 2007.  The crash killed the pilot and critically injured the other crewmember. The two-week trial centered on claims by the pilot’s... Read more

ORNGE whistleblower sues scandal-plagued air ambulance

ORNGE whistleblower sues scandal-plagued air ambulance

13-Nov-2012Source: Hamilton Spectator

A former employee of ORNGE is suing Ontario’s scandal-plagued air ambulance service, saying she was fired for helping to expose alleged wrongdoing. (see full story)... Read more

Canadian pilot gets 10 years for flying drugs into US

Canadian pilot gets 10 years for flying drugs into US

9-Nov-2012Source: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

One of the Canadian masterminds behind a massive northern border drug smuggling operation was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for conspiracy to import marijuana. Henry Rosenau, 61, of Armstrong, British Columbia, was indicted in 2006 following a cross-border investigation dubbed “Operation Frozen Timber” led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland... Read more

EMS pilot fined for harassing wildlife

EMS pilot fined for harassing wildlife

9-Nov-2012Source: KOAA

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has cited a medical helicopter pilot from Arizona for harassing wildlife after a group of hunters observed him flying his ship very low over an elk herd in a canyon southwest of Grand Junction. (see full story)  Classic Lifeguard fly four Bell 407s and four fixed-wings  ... Read more

Ireland – Child awarded damages over S76 crash reaction

Ireland – Child awarded damages over S76 crash reaction

7-Nov-2012Source: Irish Independent

A child who suffered nervous shock when a helicopter crashed and exploded in a car park has been awarded €10,000 damages (see full story)... Read more

Oakland County Sheriff sued for helicopter incident

Oakland County Sheriff sued for helicopter incident

5-Nov-2012Source: MIchigan Live

The complaint says the pilot operated the chopper “in a reckless and negligent fashion” etc (see full story)... Read more

Kenya Police considers suing Eurocopter over AS350B3e crash

Kenya Police considers suing Eurocopter over AS350B3e crash

2-Nov-2012Source: Kenya Broadcasting

Kenya Police are considering taking Eurocopter to court.  The basis is apparently that the manufacturer supplied a newer AS350B3e model and not the older AS350B3 that the police contracted for. (see full story) see also 10-Jun-12 5Y-CDT Eurocopter AS350B3e Ngong Hills, Kenya (6F)... Read more

French Court rules in favour of Bell over 429 skids

French Court rules in favour of Bell over 429 skids

16-Oct-2012

Bell Helicopter, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company announced in the case of Eurocopter vs. Bell Helicopter, a three Judge panel of France’s Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris recently ruled that the Bell 429 production skid gear does not infringe Eurocopter’s French landing skid gear patent. All Bell 429s have been and will continue to be... Read more

Students’ legal appeal goes ahead in Silver State Helicopters loan case

Students’ legal appeal goes ahead in Silver State Helicopters loan case

13-Oct-2012Source: Press-Enterprise

A federal appeals court will re-hear the case against a Key Bank that gave out $70,000 loans to students of Silver State Helicopters.   Other banks, including Citibank, have forgiven its student loans (see full story)... Read more

25 years sentence for shooting at LAPD helicopter

25 years sentence for shooting at LAPD helicopter

12-Oct-2012Source: KABC

A 20-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for firing a gun at a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter while it was in flight.  He was 18 at the time of the incident (see full story) File Photo... Read more

PHI Air Medical and pilot face $120M lawsuit

PHI Air Medical and pilot face $120M lawsuit

11-Oct-2012Source: NewsLeader

A fixed-wing flight instructor and his student were flying in the wrong traffic pattern before being hit by a PHI Air Medical EC135 near Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport.  The certificated commercial pilot and passenger on board the airplane were fatally injured.  The families of the two victims have filed a $120 million lawsuit against PHI... Read more

Bond settles with partners of pilots involved in April 2009 Super Puma crash

Bond settles with partners of pilots involved in April 2009 Super Puma crash

7-Oct-2012

Paul Burnham, 31, of Methlick, Aberdeenshire, and Richard Menzies, 24, of Worcestershire, were at the controls of the Bond Offshore Super Puma when the aircraft plunged into the sea in April 2009. (see full story) See also this page from our safety data coverage – 01-Apr-09 G-REDL Eurocopter AS332 11m E of Peterhead, UK (16F)... Read more

NZ operator fined for “red zone” breach

NZ operator fined for “red zone” breach

26-Sep-2012Source: Otago Daily Times

A Wanaka helicopter company, its pilot and its sole director were fined over NZ $27,000 after admitting charges brought by the NZ CAA, the Department of Conservation and the Ministry for Primary Industries. (see full story)... Read more

Oregon company accused of providing phony helicopter parts to US military

Oregon company accused of providing phony helicopter parts to US military

26-Sep-2012Source: Corvallis Gazette-Times

Court records made public Tuesday show that a new search of an Oregon defense contractor accused of providing phony helicopter and truck parts to the military was prompted by testimony from a purchasing agent who is helping investigators. (see full story)... Read more

Buyer wins suit over defective ex-police helicopter

Buyer wins suit over defective ex-police helicopter

21-Sep-2012Source: Columbus Dispatch

Purchaser awarded C$380,000 in damages against City of Columbus over  faults in a helicopter they sold in 2009. (see full story) HeliHub.com research suggests (but NOT confirmed) that the aircraft was serial 0540E, sold ex FAA registration N553CR to Canada in 2009 and first registered to Versatile Helicopters as C-FZHS.  It has since been sold... Read more

UK – Tiger Helicopters overturns court conviction

UK – Tiger Helicopters overturns court conviction

20-Sep-2012Source: Hereford Times

After two days of evidence, Judge Patrick Thomas overturned the convictions against Alan Ramsden and Tiger Helicopters.  He said there was “absolutely no evidence” that Ramsden had made false entries. (see full story)... Read more

Los Angeles law firm set up website in R22 crash lawsuit

Los Angeles law firm set up website in R22 crash lawsuit

17-Sep-2012Source: Owen, Patterson & Owen

Robinson Helicopter is the lone defendant in a trial which began in Brisbane, Australia on Thursday, September 13th (Supreme Court of Queensland, Number S 4573/07). The trial is expected to last 14 days. The justice presiding over the trial has ordered that the case be bifurcated. If successful on liability, the damage phase will begin sometime... Read more

Bell 429 skids – Legal case goes back to court

Bell 429 skids – Legal case goes back to court

14-Sep-2012Source: Law360

The Federal Circuit has recently allowed Textron Innovations Inc. to pursue its patent suit against Eurocopter over the design of the Bell 429’s skids, overturning a lower court ruling it said misinterpreted the application outlined by the patent. (see full story) See also the HeliHub.com story filed 31-Jan-12 Bell and Eurocopter decide to behave like... Read more

Maui pilot sentenced to 500 flight hours in deer case

Maui pilot sentenced to 500 flight hours in deer case

14-Sep-2012Source: The Republic

A Maui pilot must make amends for illegally flying axis deer to the Big Island by providing a group trying to eradicate the invasive species there with 500 hours of helicopter flight time (see full story)... Read more

AgustaWestland seeks $1.8M back from ORNGE

AgustaWestland seeks $1.8M back from ORNGE

1-Aug-2012Source: Toronto Star

AgustaWestland is seeking the return of $1.8M from the controversial marketing services agreement between them and Ontario EMS operator ORNGE – the detail of which is already under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police.  (see full story)... Read more

EA denied motion to dismiss Bell’s counter-claims in battlefield helicopter lawsuit

EA denied motion to dismiss Bell’s counter-claims in battlefield helicopter lawsuit

1-Aug-2012Source: GamePolitics.com

A federal judge has denied a motion by Electronic Arts to dismiss counter-claims in a trademark lawsuit filed by Textron Innovations and Bell Helicopter Textron related to helicopters depicted in its popular Battlefield games. (see full story)... Read more

Bristow Group appoints new Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Bristow Group appoints new Senior Vice President and General Counsel

20-Jul-2012Source: Bristow Group

Bristow Group Inc. (NYSE: BRS), the leading provider of helicopter services to the offshore energy industry, today announced that Edward Chipman (“Chip”) Earle will join the Company as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary effective July 30, 2012. Chip comes to the Company with more than ten years of legal experience; six in the energy industry. Before... Read more

Senior VP / General Counsel leaves Bristow Group

Senior VP / General Counsel leaves Bristow Group

26-Jun-2012Source: HeliHub.com

Randall A Stafford, the Senior Vice President and General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Bristow Group is to leave the company’s employ on 30th June.  In an agreement signed with the company, and duly filed with the SEC, on 26th, Mr Stafford will get a severance payment of $1.368 million. Mr Stafford is also contracting... Read more

22 face court over Philippine National Police R44 sale

22 face court over Philippine National Police R44 sale

7-Jun-2012Source: Rappler

Charges were filed on Wednesday 6th against Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo, former National Police chief Jesus Verzosa, a businessman, and 19 retired and active police officers over the sale of second-hand R44s to the Philippine National Police. (see full story) see earlier HeliHub.com story – Controversy surrounds R44 acquisition by Philippine National Police... Read more

Australia – Helicopter pilot pleads guilty to crash charges

Australia – Helicopter pilot pleads guilty to crash charges

24-May-2012Source: ABC

Darwin Magistrates Court has heard 41-year-old Mark Sullivan strapped a power generator filled with fuel into an empty passenger seat of the helicopter and failed to comply with a number of procedures outlined in an operations manual. (see full story)... Read more

UK – Instructor denies charge of false representing student skills in flight test

UK – Instructor denies charge of false representing student skills in flight test

15-May-2012Source: HeliHub.com

Iain King, of Wetherby, appeared at York Crown Court on Monday where he denied making false representations to procure a private pilot’s licence for Mr Spencer, who was flying the helicopter. (see press story). This relates to the accident of Gazelle YU-HEW on 26 January 2008 which resulted in the fatal injuries of the pilot... Read more

Aviation expert witness service – an industry first

Aviation expert witness service – an industry first

7-May-2012Source: InterNEWS

A worldwide specialist aviation service for law firms that will facilitate immediate access to aviation experts was launched in Queenstown, New Zealand last month. Aviation legal professionals from around the globe are meeting in Queenstown for the 31st Annual Aviation Law Association of Australia and New Zealand (ALAANZ) conference which coincides with the launch of... Read more

US Justice Dept settles with Air Methods

US Justice Dept settles with Air Methods

16-Apr-2012Source: US Dept of Justice

The Justice Department has announced that it has resolved a lawsuit alleging that Air Methods Corp. and LifeMed Alaska, LLC willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) by discriminating against and failing to reemploy Chief Warrant Officer Third Class Jonathon L. Goodwin of Wasilla, Alaska.   The suit was filed in... Read more

Lawsuit filed for September 2011 fatal R44 accident in Michigan

Lawsuit filed for September 2011 fatal R44 accident in Michigan

11-Apr-2012Source: HeliHub.com

The estate of a Michigan man killed in an R44 accident last September have filed a lawsuit claiming negligence contributed to the accident.  Relatives of passenger Mark May initiated the claim, accusing the estate of the late pilot Dan Logghe of negligence, and that company Logghe Stamping Co – founded by Logghe’s grandfather Morris Logghe... Read more

Eurocopter Group appoints new General Counsel

Eurocopter Group appoints new General Counsel

9-Apr-2012Source: Eurocopter

Jean-Pascal Méo is appointed Eurocopter Group’s General Counsel as of 2nd April 2012. He will replace Georges Richelme, who has been elected as President of the Commercial Court of Marseilles. At Eurocopter he will now oversee the institutional relations of the Group. Having joined Eurocopter in January 1998, following roles as legal advisor in a... Read more

US Coast Guard drops charges against co-pilot crash survivor

US Coast Guard drops charges against co-pilot crash survivor

8-Mar-2012Source: US Coast Guard

The 17th Coast Guard District commander, Rear Adm. Thomas P. Ostebo, dismissed criminal charges without prejudice against Lt. Lance Leone Tuesday, stemming from his role as co-pilot of Coast Guard helicopter CG-6017, which crashed on July 7, 2010. Leone, the sole survivor of the crash, was charged Sept. 30, 2011, with violating three punitive articles... Read more

Lawsuit filed against two Louisiana State Police Pilot Supervisors

Lawsuit filed against two Louisiana State Police Pilot Supervisors

7-Mar-2012Source: WAFB

A lawsuit filed Monday claims a pattern of retaliation and safety issues within the Louisiana State Police Department. A State Police pilot claims his supervisors ordered him to fly a helicopter after it was grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration, and that the Commander of all State Police took no disciplinary action. (see full story). ... Read more

Settlement reached in fatal Kittitas County R44 crash

Settlement reached in fatal Kittitas County R44 crash

4-Mar-2012Source: Yakima Herald

A confidential settlement has been reached in the case of a helicopter crash in Kittitas County that killed four people and ignited a 485-acre forest fire. The settlement comes just days before jury selection in the lawsuit had been scheduled to start Monday in a King County Superior Court. (see full story)  File photo... Read more

Dawson[Lee] v Robinson Helicopter Co crash trial begins March 5

Dawson[Lee] v Robinson Helicopter Co crash trial begins March 5

27-Feb-2012Source: Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman

The trial of Dawson [Lee] v. Robinson Helicopter Company begins March 5, 2012 in Seattle, Washington over the death of Si Young Lee arising from the August 2, 2007 Robinson R44 II helicopter crash near Easton, Washington. According to court documents the helicopter experienced a low energy impact with the ground, whereupon it erupted in... Read more

Trial date not yet set for $60M suit against PHI Air Medical

Trial date not yet set for $60M suit against PHI Air Medical

22-Feb-2012Source: N V Daily

Eight months after the parents of two men who died in an aircraft crash in December 2010 filed suit against the pilot and owner of the AirCare 5 medical helicopter that their plane collided a trial date has not been set. (see full story) See also the HeliHub.com page for this accident – 31-Dec-10 N385PH... Read more

Hummingbird Aviation owner convicted of contract fraud against USAF

Hummingbird Aviation owner convicted of contract fraud against USAF

9-Feb-2012Source: USAF

After being investigated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations for suspected contract fraud, Mr. Charles R. Priestley, 48, pled guilty and was sentenced for making a false, fictitious and fraudulent claim to the United States Air Force. The United States District Court in East St. Louis, Mo., presided over the plea and sentenced... Read more

Families of Columbian R66 victims hire Los Angeles attorneys

Families of Columbian R66 victims hire Los Angeles attorneys

7-Feb-2012Source: Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman

[ Editor: This press release refers to the faccident –12-Jul-11 N810AG Robinson R66 Girardot Airport, Colombia (2F) ] The aviation accident attorneys at Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman are representing the families of the two men killed in Robinson Helicopter Company’s first R66 crash which occurred on July 12, 2011 near Flandes, Colombia. Killed in... Read more

Bell and Eurocopter decide to behave like children

Bell and Eurocopter decide to behave like children

31-Jan-2012Source: HeliHub.com

In the last few hours, Bell and Eurocopter have issued press releases (reproduced below) claiming they have both won the same court case, which was about copyright infringement of skid design used on the early Bell 429 prototypes.  It would appear that Bell changed the design as soon as Eurocopter first issued an injunction.  Thus... Read more

Families of 2 killed in R44 crash settle with Robinson

Families of 2 killed in R44 crash settle with Robinson

27-Jan-2012Source: Daily Breeze

“All I can say is justice was done,” said Los Angeles-based lawyer Kevin Boyle, who represented the widow and family of Leo Straatman, a passenger in the R44 that went down in May 2006 near Desert Center, Calif. (see full story)... Read more

Bell and Vector Aerospace take each other to court

Bell and Vector Aerospace take each other to court

24-Jan-2012Source: HeliHub.com

It sounds a bit like a couple of children playing – “you take me to court and I’ll take you to court in return”, but we’re sure that these two organisations are taking their legal stance very seriously.  The current situations are:- In December, Vector took Bell to Alabama Middle Court (case ref 2:11-cv-01071) alleging... Read more

Family of Florida B206 crash victim sues charter company

Family of Florida B206 crash victim sues charter company

24-Jan-2012Source: News4Jax.com

The family of one of the men killed when a helicopter chartered by Mayo Clinic crashed last month in Clay County is suing the operator of the aircraft. The children of 57-year-old David Hines are suing SK Logistics for wrongful death. They’re also suing Abraham Holdings, the company that owned the helicopter.  (see full story)... Read more

Civil liberties group sues FAA over drone surveillance

Civil liberties group sues FAA over drone surveillance

13-Jan-2012Source: HAI

The Hill reported Jan. 11 that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a suit in Northern California’s U.S. District Court to force the FAA to release data about what groups have been given permission to fly higher than the FAA normally permits. Once drones enter controlled airspace (500 feet and above) they are required to have... Read more

North Australian Helicopters owner trying to block CASA safety investigation

North Australian Helicopters owner trying to block CASA safety investigation

12-Jan-2012Source: The Australian

Milton Jones is going to the High Court to block air safety investigators from viewing uncut footage allegedly showing him piloting a helicopter after drinking alcohol, leaving children at an aircraft’s controls and unlawfully taking crocodile eggs from their nests. (see full story)... Read more

Bell in legal dispute with EA over Battlefield 3

Bell in legal dispute with EA over Battlefield 3

11-Jan-2012Source: Joystiq

Bell’s parent company Textron has hit EA with a trademark dispute over the company’s use of three different helicopter designs in Battlefield 3 without permission. In return, EA struck with a pre-emptive lawsuit against Textron claiming that the use of the helicopters is protected under the “First Amendment and the doctrine of nominative fair use.”  (see... Read more

Second lawsuit filed in Las Vegas tour helicopter crash

Second lawsuit filed in Las Vegas tour helicopter crash

30-Dec-2011Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

A second wrongful death lawsuit was filed Thursday in a Nevada court against the Las Vegas-based operator of a sightseeing tour helicopter that crashed and killed five people earlier this month (see full story)... Read more

Lawsuit filed in fatal Sundance crash by Kansas City attorney

Lawsuit filed in fatal Sundance crash by Kansas City attorney

15-Dec-2011Source: Kansas City Star

The first wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Nevada on behalf of the families of a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash that also took the lives of the pilot and a Kansas couple celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. (see full story)... Read more

Judge: Sikorsky does not owe damages to PHi

Judge: Sikorsky does not owe damages to PHi

14-Dec-2011

A federal magistrate has refused to order Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. to pay damages to another company for allegedly hiding an internal report about a fatal accident in January 2009 (see full story) See also HeliHub.com page for this accident – 04-Jan-09 N748P Sikorsky S76C++ Gulf of Mexico, US-Gulf of Mexico (8F)... Read more

Fatal California powerline accident leads to $10M jury award

Fatal California powerline accident leads to $10M jury award

11-Dec-2011

In November 2009, a Piasecki helicopter struck high tension wires shortly after departing from Adelanto airport as it headed for an airshow in Riverside, California.  The helicopter crashed and burned, and all three aboard were killed.  (see full story) See also HeliHub.com accident page – 07-Nov-09 N183YP Piasecki PV-18 Adelanto, US-California (3F)... Read more

Employee stole more than $130,000 from Back Country Helicopters

Employee stole more than $130,000 from Back Country Helicopters

29-Nov-2011Source: Otago Daily Times

44-year-old mother of three admitted misappropriating more than $130,000 from her employer over seven years (see full story)... Read more

Gates & Partners’ launches seminar initiatives for the aviation industry

Gates & Partners’ launches seminar initiatives for the aviation industry

29-Nov-2011Source: Gates & Partners

The UK headquarters of leading international lawyers Gates & Partners, which focuses specifically on aviation law, has this month launched a new set of initiatives to support the industry’s  understanding of  complex legal and regulatory issues within the aviation sector. The latest event was held in early November and aimed to bring banks and insurance... Read more

Cougar settles lawsuit against Sikorsky

Cougar settles lawsuit against Sikorsky

28-Nov-2011Source: CBC

Representatives for both companies wouldn’t give details of the settlement.  Cougar’s statement of claim said it was looking for more than $20 million for negligence and fraudulent misrepresentation after the crash (see full story)... Read more

NZ pilot fined for flying too low

NZ pilot fined for flying too low

17-Nov-2011Source: Radio NZ

The Civil Aviation Authority says the pilot was fined $1000 and ordered to pay $130 in court costs after he took several players and caddies on free low-level flights over the Pegasus golf course. (full story)... Read more

Firing of Bell executive was legal, judge rules

Firing of Bell executive was legal, judge rules

12-Nov-2011Source: Star-Telegram

Judge ruled that Michael Prieto and his lawyer Hal Gillespie failed to prove that he was fired for investigating whether Bell was overcharging the U.S. government on military contracts. (See full story)... Read more

UK: Berg blows Longmint Aviation out of the sky

UK: Berg blows Longmint Aviation out of the sky

11-Nov-2011Source: Berg

Commercial law firm Berg has been instrumental in securing the downfall of Longmint Aviation Limited, part of the Longmint Group which together with the Erinaceous Group plc, acquired the various engineering and aviation companies at Fairoaks Airport in July 2007. Berg has secured a string of victories in order to recover sums due, and occupation... Read more

Sikorsky settles claims with families of fatal S76C accident

Sikorsky settles claims with families of fatal S76C accident

27-Oct-2011Source: Miami Herald

Plaintiffs’ attorneys say Stratford, Conn.-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. reached agreements this week with relatives of at least five victims who died and with the crash’s lone survivor. (see full story)... Read more

City to pay $245K in police whistle-blower case

City to pay $245K in police whistle-blower case

27-Oct-2011Source: Baltimore Sun

Former officer Samuel K. Miller, wrote a memo in 2006 criticizing the Police Department for failing to properly train officers in the helicopter unit and to properly maintain the helicopters. The settlement includes a $120,000 payment to Miller and $125,000 in legal fees and other costs (see full story)... Read more

Amateur-build buyer suspended for registration and airworthiness violations

Amateur-build buyer suspended for registration and airworthiness violations

1-Oct-2011Source: HeliHub.com

Here’s an interesting, and impactful story of the US legal system proving an amateur-built helicopter was both incorrectly registered and violated certain airworthiness regulations.  The potential exists for the details of this case to be felt wider in the future.  See NTSB statement and comment from Reigel Law Firm.  Actual accident referred to was N75EW... Read more

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