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Aviation Liability Defense

Roetzel’s team of Aviation attorneys offers comprehensive legal representation to clients across the aviation industry. We work with general aviation manufacturers, aircraft owners and pilots, airports, mechanics, maintenance facilities, commercial and charter airlines, component part manufacturers, fixed-base operators, and aviation insurers. Our team, which includes a licensed pilot, brings extensive industry knowledge to every case, ensuring that our clients receive informed and practical legal advice.

 

  • Defend against personal injury claims
  • Defend against property damage claims
  • Advise on insurance coverage issues 
  • Facilitate settlement agreements through Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Manage litigation
  • Defended a major American airline in claims for personal injury and property damage
  • Relying on the Montreal Convention, obtained partial summary judgment for a commercial airline in baggage damage claim
  • Advised a major American airline on legal principles and claims handling after a passenger on-board suicide
  • Successfully prevented plaintiffs from obtaining damages for "preimpact fear"
  • Represented a cargo warehousing company in personal injury claims arising out of the loading of engine blocks into a tractor-trailer