Pan Am 103 is dissected by the experts

Article Abstract:

Pan American and two subsidiaries, Pan Am World Services and Alert Security Management, are on trial in the case In re: Air Disaster at Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec 21, 1988. The trial began on Apr 27, 1992. Pan Am is attempting to disprove charges that the bombing resulted from its negligence. Victims' families allege that an unaccompanied piece of luggage containing a bomb was placed on board in Frankfurt, Germany. Willful misconduct is being used as a cause of action in order to circumvent a $100,000 damages limit on international flights.

Airports, flying fields, & services, Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988, Pan American World Airways Inc. (New York, New York)

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Cases against insurers may hang on diaries, tapes; did an insurer commit fraud in defending against airplane crash lawsuits?

Article Abstract:

Government prosecutors hope to introduce a former executive's diaries and tapes of his conversations as evidence in an insurance fraud case against US Aviation Underwriters. The data sources may also clarify some cases stemming from the so-called Pan Am 103/Lockerbie case. The fraud trial involves a 1987 commuter-plane crash in Southern California, in which USAU allocated 100% of the responsibility to USAir without revealing its own financial interest in the matter.

United States, US Airways Group Inc., U, Insurance fraud

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United crash cases settle before trial

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Ten more settlements have been arrived at in cases arising from the Jul 1989 crash of United Air Lines Flight 232 in Sioux City, IA. The doctrine of 'pre-impact terror' was thought to be a factor in the higher-than-average settlements, which bring the total number of claims settled to 211. Deaths in the crash totalled 112, and 184 were injured. Approximately 50 cases are still pending, including five in federal courts.

Remedies, United Air Lines Inc., Mental distress (Law)

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