Visitation interference or interfering with parenting time occurs when a one parent refuses to let the other parent spend court-ordered time with their child. This can include failing to drop a child off for visitation, refusing to allow the other parent to pick the child up, making sure the child is not at home or at the designated meeting place, … [Read more...]
Independent vs. Agency Adoption
Independent, or private, adoption and agency adoption are very different. There are some states that do not allow independent adoption. In independent adoption, birth parents and adoptive parents go through an attorney to find each other. In agency adoption, adoptive parents seek to adopt through a private or public agency. There are pros and cons … [Read more...]
Ohio Plane Crash
Recruitment Stunt by Case Western University Fraternity Results in Plane Crash, Wrongful Death Suit The parents of a Case Western University student have sued several parties they are claiming were responsible in their son’s wrongful death. 18-year-old Abraham Pishevar, along with three others, was killed in a plane crash on August 25, 2014, during … [Read more...]
Southwest Airlines Sued By Man Injured In 2013 Crash Landing
A New York man has filed a negligence lawsuit against Southwest Airlines after suffering injuries from a crash landing that happened in 2013 at LaGuardia Airport, when the Boeing 737 plane’s nose collided with the runway due to pilot error. Kenneth Kochman, a 57-year-old chiropractor, was aboard the plane as a passenger when pilot error led to … [Read more...]
Planes Collide at San Diego Air Field
By Greg Kaminsky, Staff Writer A lawsuit has been filed in San Diego Superior Court after a mid air collision between two planes resulted in multiple fatalities. Michael Copeland, a Qualcomm executive, was piloting a Cessna carrying four others when it collided with a Saberliner jet near Brown Field Municipal Airport. The lawsuit names the air … [Read more...]
Legal Issues Surrounding Air Disasters
The Montreal Convention The Montreal Convention, officially known as the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, is an international treaty adopted in 1999 by nearly 200 nation states. Along with other sources of law, it governs litigation between airlines and victims of air disasters. If you or your loved … [Read more...]
Families of Charter School Students Killed in Plane Crash Reach Settlement
A charter school in New Mexico has reached a settlement with the families of three students who were killed in a plane crash in 2014 while working as ecological monitoring interns in the Gila National Forest. The 14-year-old Ella Kirk, 16-year-old Michael Mahl, and 16-year-old Ella Myers were students at the Aldo Leopold Charter School (ALCS) in … [Read more...]
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