Attorney Michael L. Slack's Legal Cases

Aviation

Reno Air Race Disaster

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OUTCOME: Funds were distributed to claimants in January 2013, less than 8 months after the initial meeting with Ken Feinberg, Administrator of the Fund.

On September 16, 2011, a highly modified P-51D Mustang crashed near the spectator area at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing 11 people and injuring more than 100 other spectat ... ors. The firm represented multiple spectators and was the lead counsel for all of the spectator families in negotiating and implementing the Reno Air Disaster Compensation Fund.

Aviation

American Airlines Flight 331

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OUTCOME: All cases resolved for confidential amounts.

During the December 22, 2009, landing attempt in Kingston, Jamaica, American Airlines Flight 331 crashed at Norman Manley International Airport, injuring most of the passengers. The firm represented mu ... ltiple injured passengers.

Aviation

American Airlines Flight 587

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OUTCOME: The firm’s cases settled for confidential amounts.

American Airlines Flight 587 took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on November 21, 2001. Shortly after takeoff, the aircraft lost its vertical stabilizer and crashed moments l ... ater into Belle Harbor, a residential area of New York City. The plane exploded on impact, killing all 251 passengers. AA Flight 587 was the second deadliest aviation accident to occur on U.S. soil. The firm represented the families of multiple passengers and served on the plaintiff’s steering committee in the Multi-District Litigation.

Aviation

Talbott v. Medical Air Transport, Inc., and Roswell Hospital Corporation

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OUTCOME: The case was tried twice, and both juries returned record verdicts for the plaintiffs.

Damon Talbott, a New Mexico State Trooper, was killed in October 2001 when the pilot lost control of the Medical Air Transport, Inc. helicopter. This case is significant as the first reported precedent ... nationally where a hospital was held liable for negligently selecting an incompetent air ambulance contractor.

Aviation

Hyatt v. ValuJet Flight 592

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OUTCOME: The firm represented the Hyatt family and the case settled for a confidential amount.

On May 11, 1996, Walter Hyatt, American singer and songwriter, mentor to Lyle Lovett, was killed when ValuJet 592 caught fire and crashed into the everglades in Miami-Dade County. The National Transpo ... rtation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the fire began in the cargo compartment below the passenger cabin.

Aviation

Vaughan v. Omniflight Helicopters

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OUTCOME: The firm represented the Vaughan family and the case settled for a confidential amount.

Stevie Ray Vaughan, famed guitarist, was killed on August 27, 1990 when the helicopter he was in, a Bell 206B, crashed into the side of a hill at the Alpine Valley Resort in East Troy, Wisconsin.

Aviation

Reno Air Race Disaster, September 2011

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OUTCOME: Funds were distributed to claimants in January 2013, less than 8 months after the initial meeting with Ken Feinberg, Administrator of the Fund.

On September 16, 2011, a highly modified P-51D Mustang crashed near the spectator area at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, killing 11 people and injuring more than 100 other spectat ... ors. The firm represented multiple spectators and was the lead counsel for all of the spectator families in negotiating and implementing the Reno Air Disaster Compensation Fund.

Michael L. Slack's Legal Cases (7)

Reno Air Race Disaster

American Airlines Flight 331

American Airlines Flight 587

Talbott v. Medical Air Transport, Inc., and Roswell Hospital Corporation

Hyatt v. ValuJet Flight 592

Vaughan v. Omniflight Helicopters

Reno Air Race Disaster, September 2011