Aircrash Disaster and Litigation
Our lead counsel, Mr. Griscom, has personally participated in over 400 air crash investigations, either as the Investigator In Charge, or as the FAA’s Flight Operations Specialist. He is quite familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of the FAA and NTSB accident investigation procedures.
The “official” investigation report will not fix blame, nor will it determine liability. it will simply state facts, and may conclude with a “probable cause” of the crash. While often the result of logical and reasonable conclusions, the “probable cause” of an air crash as determined by the NTSB may bear little resemblance to the “legal cause” as determined by a court of law.
More often than not an investigation conducted by an experienced litigation team will uncover facts and circumstances not considered by either the FAA or the NTSB. Such facts and circumstances often lead to a conclusion which is poles apart from the “official” determination of “probable cause”.