Mesa Helicopter Crash Results in Multiple Wrongful Death Lawsuits
The lawsuits filed by the families of the seven people killed in a helicopter accident have been consolidated into a single case in Maricopa County. The suits all claim that the dispatchers and pilots for the two companies being sued did not demonstrate any sort of care to prevent the accident from occurring.
The suits argue that each company should have known of the other company’s approaching helicopter and taken measures to prevent the helicopters from colliding. The suits are seeking an unnamed amount of damages for the accident. The lawsuits were combined to avoid incidents where the courts would be deciding on several similar cases and can instead decide on one large case.
The idea to combine these cases into one large case seems to make sense as it will help to avoid any confusion in the matter and allow all parties involved to attempt to gain some semblance of justice at once rather than having to wait for long periods of time in order to take these cases to court. One key point that the article makes is that under Arizona law, employees covered by workers comp. cannot suit their employer. Therefore, the lawsuits can only target the companies providing the helicopters to each of the medical facilities where the seven people worked.
