Commercial Aviation Liability

Clifford Law Offices is involved in air-crash litigation around the world. The firm has represented passengers and crew in cases against virtually every major aircraft manufacturer and has earned a distinguished reputation for managing litigation arising from commercial air disasters.

Although massive airplane accidents do not occur often, which illustrates the attempts to keep safety built into our national aviation infrastructure, when accidents do happen, the tragedy is impressed upon the national consciousness. And, many times, the accidents were avoidable. Structural defects, pilots’ errors, maintenance deficiencies, design defects, air traffic safety controller decisions and many other factors can contribute to why a plane crashes. Aviation cases are among the most time and resource intensive within civil litigation. By its nature, the litigation associated with these airplane accidents requires meticulous investigation and interrogation of all the elements that could possibly provide insight into what went wrong. These elements include the scene, witnesses, airplane manufacturers, designers, parts suppliers, maintenance records and crews, and industry experts. Consequently, an undertaking of this scale is possible only if handled by an experienced firm with extensive resources which can be marshaled in the effort to represent its clients. Talk to the experienced aviation lawyers at Clifford Law Offices if you or a loved one has been affected by an airplane accident.

For more information about our Private Aviation and Commercial Aviation cases, please see our Aviation Division web site.