Aviation

Five cases are moving forward to trial on November 3 in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet in Ethiopia. U.S. Judge Jorge Alonso will be hearing two cases at a time. The five cases set for trial in a couple of weeks include a 28-year-old mother from Kenya who left behind a daughter, her parents, and four siblings, and the other lead case involves a 36-year-old woman from India, who left behind…

Clifford Law Offices partner Tracy A. Brammeier spoke at the American Bar Association’s two-day Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Aviation & Aerospace Law Conference: Finding Smooth Air in Turbulent Times, in Washington, D.C. An established aviation attorney known for her experience handling complex international litigation, Tracy Brammeier joined a panel titled “Aviation Investigations by Civil and Military Authorities in the U.S. and Abroad,” on October 23, 2025. The group of attorneys and investigators…

Cases are moving forward to trial on November 3, 2025, in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet in Ethiopia. U.S. Judge Jorge Alonso will be hearing two cases: one involving a 28-year-old mother from Kenya who left behind a daughter, her parents, and four siblings, and the other lead case involves a 36-year-old woman from India who left behind a husband and her parents. Mercy Ndivo was the young mother of an…

Clifford Law Offices has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit arising from the January 29, 2025, midair collision between  American Eagle Flight 5342 and a U.S. Army helicopter near DCA airport in Washington, D.C, on behalf of the family of Casey Crafton. The tragic and avoidable incident claimed 67 lives. Aviation attorney Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner of Clifford Law Offices, announced the Crafton family’s lawsuit at a press conference in Washington, D.C….

WHAT: Families who lost loved ones aboard American Eagle Flight 5342, along with their attorneys, will hold a press conference to announce a lawsuit against American Airlines, PSA Airlines, and the U.S. government following the fatal January 29, 2025, mid-air collision of Flight 5342 that claimed 67 lives. WHO: Speakers Flight 5342 Family Members Rachel Crafton, wife of Casey Crafton Dailey Crafton, brother of Casey Crafton Doug Lane, husband of Christine Conrad Lane and father…

John V. Kalantzis, partner at Clifford Law Offices, authored an article for the August 2025 issue of PLI Chronicle: Insights and Perspectives for the Legal Community titled “Cleared for Resolution: ADR in Aviation Disputes.” Kalantzis discusses the complexities of resolving aviation cases through alternative dispute resolution (ADR), emphasizing the unique challenges related to jurisdiction, damages, and settlement strategies in intricate and high-stakes aviation matters. While Kalantzis stresses the importance of trial preparation for both attorneys…

Families who lost loved ones in the 2019 crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX8 jets told a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, this morning, Wednesday, September 3, 2025, that the new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) non-prosecution agreement (NPA) it reached with the aircraft manufacturer was unjust and asked the court for accountability. The families and their lawyer, Paul Cassell, professor of the S.J. Quinney College of Law at the University of Utah, told…

Robert A. Clifford, founder and senior partner at Clifford Law Offices and one of the nation’s top aviation and catastrophic injury lawyers, joined the Karen Conti Show on WGN Radio on September 1, 2025, to discuss airline safety, preventable crashes, and his decades of experience representing victims’ families after tragic incidents in Chicago, across the U.S., and around the world. From the Washington, D.C. crash involving an American Airlines regional jet and an Army helicopter…

Families who lost loved ones in the 2019 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX8 jet will be speaking to a federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, in opposition to the new U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) non-prosecution agreement (NPA) it has reached with the aircraft manufacturer. The families intend to tell U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor next Wednesday, September 3, 2025, that the new NPA violates the judicial review provisions of the federal rules…