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Super Lawyers 11/22/2016 ROBB & ROBB LLC ROBB & ROBB LLC HAS WON MORE THAN $950 MILLION IN LANDMARK CASES NATIONWIDE SINCE 1984. NOTHING SPEAKS LOUDER THAN RESULTS. FIRM HISTORY ROBB & ROBB LLC handles high-profile cases in the aviation and transportation field. Forbes Magazine has named partner Gary C. Robb “by far the most […]
LEARN MOREBy David Baugher Missouri Lawyers Weekly 10/17/2016 An Iowa helicopter crash that left three dead has resulted in a settlement of more than $5.1 million for the family of a flight nurse who was on board. “The argument was that the policies of the helicopter operator were defective and deficient because they allowed flight into […]
LEARN MOREBy Alan Scher Zagier Missouri Lawyers Weekly 8/22/2016 A Pettis County lawsuit filed by a University of Missouri Health Care nurse and a paramedic, who both suffered spinal injuries after an emergency helicopter landing, settled for $3.3 million, according to the attorneys representing the women. Flight nurse Hester West and paramedic Elisabeth Corcoran separately sued […]
LEARN MOREThe Associated Press 4/11/2016 A medical helicopter was not certified for flying in the foggy, low‑visibility conditions it encountered before crashing last month with a patient in southeast Alabama, killing all four aboard, federal investigators say in a newly released report. Fog and mist enveloped the landing zone in a farm field near the scene […]
LEARN MOREBy Jan Murray The Southeast Sun 3/31/2016 While it is too early to know for sure what led to a fatal air ambulance helicopter crash March 26, a helicopter crash expert, attorney and author Gary C. Robb said, “If you rule out mechanical malfunction then, obviously, you’re looking at pilot error or a combination of […]
LEARN MOREBy Andy Pasztor The Wall Street Journal 12/29/2015 The helicopter industry is changing course to embrace tougher fuel-tank fire standards for many models in production after years of stiff resistance to the safety fixes as unnecessary and expensive. The shift also portends retrofits for at least several thousand additional rotorcraft already in service—the vast majority […]
LEARN MOREBy Thomas Frank USA Today 8/26/2015 Half a century after aviation officials first grew concerned about people burning to death in helicopter crashes, a federal safety agency is urging the installation of equipment that would prevent fuel leaks that have caused hundreds of fires, leading to scores of deaths and serious injuries. The National Transportation […]
LEARN MORECBS Denver 7/31/2015 FRISCO, Colo. (AP) – An attorney for two people who were injured in a fiery helicopter crash in Frisco that killed the pilot filed lawsuits Friday, saying a rotor malfunctioned, sending the aircraft spinning out of control. The helicopter hit three vehicles before it crashed. The lawsuits name Air Methods Corp., the […]
LEARN MOREBy Rebecca Guterman MONTGOMERY COUNTY SENTINEL 7/09/2015 The National Transportation Safety Board has taken the first steps in investigating a plane crash June 25 that killed the pilot and all eight passengers, including two North Potomac residents. Glenda Cambiaso, 31, and Hugo Cambiaso, 65, were two of the passengers aboard the sightseeing plane that was […]
LEARN MOREBy Robin Fitzgerald SUN HERALD 4/01/2015 The few details released from Monday’s fatal helicopter crash in the De Soto National Forest indicate a mechanical problem was likely to blame, an aviation attorney and author said. Gary C. Robb, a Kansas City attorney and author of “Helicopter Crash Litigation,” said he has studied aviation crashes for […]
LEARN MOREThe New York Times 2/13/2015 DENVER – The Federal Aviation Administration has grounded more than 300 Enstrom helicopters nationwide until they can be inspected for possible cracks like the one that may have caused a crash last month that killed two people in Colorado. In an emergency directive issued Thursday, the FAA said that the […]
LEARN MOREBy Carri Geer Thevenot LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL 9/19/2014 A Las Vegas jury awarded $16 million Friday to the families of two married couples who died in a December 2011 helicopter crash near Lake Mead. “For almost three years the defendant, Sundance Helicopters Inc., has denied liability to these people for this helicopter crash,” attorney Gary […]
LEARN MOREIngram’s Magazine 9/01/2014 ANITA ROBB ROBB & ROBB As a profession, the legal sector appeals to the social conscience of many a college student. In that sense, young Anita Porte Robb was no different from most other law school students, and the original calling still rings loud and clear. “The law combines philosophical principles, intellectually […]
LEARN MOREGary C. Robb TRIAL 2/01/2014 When it comes to helicopter crashes, the evidence and potential defendants can be far flung. Prompt investigation of the crash site and knowledge about common causes of these crashes are critical. When a helicopter crashes, the wreckage can leave a trail of clues that leads all the way back to […]
LEARN MOREBy Dennis Webb THE DAILY SENTINEL 1/28/2014 SILT — Judi Tagg of Denver peered down from a road Tuesday at the wreckage of a helicopter her son, Chris Gaskill, was in when it crashed Monday. “This is the toughest day a mother can ever have,” she said. Gaskill, of Hot/Shot Infrared Inspections, died along with […]
LEARN MOREBy Jennifer Mann Missouri Lawyers Weekly 1/17/2014 Missouri Lawyers Awards: Influential Appellate Advocate It took seven years, but the families of the victims who died in a 2006 skydiving plane crash finally received their $52.5 million. Kansas City husband-and-wife team Gary C. Robb and Anita P. Robb, of law firm Robb & Robb, are the […]
LEARN MOREAviation Law Week November 1, 2013 Shortly after a DHC-6 Twin Otter departed Sullivan Regional Airport in Sullivan, Missouri, on a skydiving mission, witnesses on the ground observed the right engine burst into flames. Only moments later the Twin Otter crashed. Four of the five passengers and the pilot (an American Eagle pilot and co-owner […]
LEARN MOREBy Andrew Douglas WMC-TV 10/31/2013 SOMERVILLE, TN -(WMC-TV) – The probable cause of the medical helicopter crash that killed all three people on board near Somerville, Tenn., last week may take up to a year to determine. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on the October 22 crash. According to the […]
LEARN MOREBy Andy Pasztor & Daniel Michaels WALL STREET JOURNAL 9/06/2013 The fatal crash of a Eurocopter oil-rig helicopter in the North Sea last month underscores stalled progress in reducing commercial helicopter accidents world-wide. In spite of advances in cockpit technology and enhanced pilot training, helicopters’ global safety record has failed to improve dramatically over the […]
LEARN MOREBy John Fritze The Baltimore Sun 8/16/2013 The mother of a 3-year-old boy killed in a northeastern Pennsylvania helicopter crash last month filed the first lawsuit in the accident Friday, seeking unspecified damages from two aviation companies and the pilot’s estate. Crystal McKain of Leesburg, Va., sued Virginia-based Hampton Roads Charter Service, alleging that the […]
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