Aviation

As more details and horrific photos emerge from the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH-17 yesterday (July 17, 2-014), President Obama is preparing to address the nation on this international tragedy. Flight MH-17 was flying in a known conflict zone 1,000 feet above the 32,000 ceiling of the Ukranian restricted airspace they had set up. With three airplanes shot down there in the past three days, and with SAM (surface-to-air missile) systems capable of 49,000+…

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, a Boeing 777 cruising at an altitude of approximately 33,000 feet and carrying 295 people including a report of 23 American passengers, was apparently shot down by at least one surface-to-air missile (SAM) in Ukranian airspace near the Russian border today (July 17, 2014). On Monday a cargo airplane was shot down in the same area and yesterday two Ukranian fighter jets were shot down in the same area by surface-to-air…

Update: The United States has reached the conclusion that Malaysia Flight 17 was in fact brought down by a missile, according to CNN. President Obama reportedly learned of the crash while on a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and made a statement that the United States was launching an investigation to determine whether or not there were any Americans on board, CNN reported. The Boeing 777, cruising at an altitude of approximately 33,000…

Numerous media and news outlets are reporting that a Malaysia Airlines flight traveling from Amsterdam to Malaysia has crashed in eastern Ukraine, near their border with Russia.

As reported by Associated Press, the remaining seven federal court cases involving the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 that killed 50 people near Buffalo, New York, five years ago have settled in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeremiah J. McCarthey. Robert A. Clifford and Kevin P. Durkin, partners at Clifford Law Offices, were set to try five of seven of these cases at the end of May. They settled for a confidential amount….

The remaining eight federal court lawsuits involving families who lost loved ones in the crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407 near Buffalo, New York, were settled just weeks before a trial was set to begin in federal court. Clifford Law Offices represented families who lost loved ones in five of those lawsuits, who were among the 49 people killed when the Colgan aircraft crashed in Clarence Center near Buffalo on Feb. 12, 2009. The cases…

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathy M. Flanagan entered a second order today (Monday, March 31, 2014) dismissing a Petition for Discovery against Chicago-based Boeing Company and Malaysian Airlines. The initial dismissal order explained the impropriety of a Chicago law firm filing the action under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 224. Today’s second order explains her position on the possibility of ordering sanctions against the Chicago law firm. She explained that because service of the order…

As predicted, the Petition for Discovery that was filed against Boeing in the Malaysia Airlines crash was dismissed Friday on the court’s own motion on the grounds that “the petition exceeds the scope of allowable discovery.” Cook County Circuit Court Judge Kathy M. Flanagan, also the judge who dismissed two similar petitions last year filed by the same Chicago law firm, again dismissed this action against Chicago-based Boeing. Judge Flanagan, Supervising Judge of the Motions…

Robert A. Clifford, senior partner at Clifford Law Offices in Chicago which has been involved in nearly every commercial aviation crash in America in the last three decades as well as many international aviation tragedies across the world, is criticizing the filing of any lawsuit or action against any parties yet in the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Already a Chicago law firm has filed a discovery petition in Chicago against Boeing, which is…