Broken helicopters and wrongful death lawsuit remains in Illinois Court

Broken helicopters and wrongful death lawsuit remains in Illinois Court

A defective aircraft and wrongful death lawsuit trial in Illinois, continue to the appellate court of Illinois, first District, Sixth Division decided. A medical emergency service helicopter for air angels, Inc. in Cook County flew Michael Russell.

He died when the plane he was piloting crashed. His family then discovered that one of the helicopter drive shaft bearing split, causing the tail rotor not to work. A French company, SNFA, she made some defects allegedly and unsuccessfully tried to keep the case of the Illinois courts.

SNFA makes custom tail rotor and air- and bearings and parts to companies such as Honeywell, Hamilton Sundstrand and the Jet engine Division of Rolls-Royce provides air and in America. The helicopter, which flew the Russell, was an A 109 helicopters from Agusta Spa made in 1989 and since April 2002 in the possession of air angels. The original camps were in the 1998 and 2002, replaced with SNFA provides the spare parts.

Air Angel crew of pilots, nurses, and paramedics transported thousands of patients to medical centers in throughout Illinois and Indiana. In recent years they have financial and other legal issues learn set them, have operations in Illinois caused. His last day of work due to maintenance safety concern was Russell's fatal flight he was with the helicopters. In the years of concerns he his wife Gloria, that "his several times had finished radio during the flight." force him, a cell phone instead, use the heating work not either often. Lying he also nuts and bolts around the helicopter found was, "recalled it."

Russell was an experienced pilot, with close to 12,000 flying hours in planes and helicopters and received a purple heart from the army after is shot down several times in the Viet Nam war in a helicopter. The crash with air seemed crashed at DuPage Airport odd angels to his wife as he refuel after a routine.

"He told me that if someone ever called me and told me that he had died in a helicopter crash to ensure that it is complete, study was mechanical failure and something that he could not, taxes, because it no way he ever would die in a helicopter crash, when it was" his wife said.

"It is so tragic for a family to lose a loved one because of someone's negligence, in particular if it is possible that the accident cannot be avoided," said Chicago wrongful death lawyer and SuperLawyer Paul A. Greenberg, Esq.. "A victim has the right to determine who was careless or negligent legal action."

Experienced Chicago wrongful death lawyers at Briskman Briskman & Greenberg help families receive fair compensation, the death of a loved one who has wronged. They are experts on leadership to their customers to recover from financial losses, funeral expenses and other costs. All wrongful death cases are treated on contingency basis, so there are no fees if the case is successful.

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