New York Personal Injury Attorney Wants the Plane Truth

Thursday, 14 May 2009

NY personal injury lawyer David Perecman wants answers on pilot's fatigue and qualification on upstate New York plane crash.

New York, New York - May 14, 2009 - A stalled twin-engine turboprop commuter plane slams into a suburban upstate New York home and bursts into a fiery explosion that kills all 49 people on board and one person on the ground. At first, it appeared that ice buildup was the cause of the accident. However, collected evidence points investigators and personal injury attorneys in a whole different direction.

David Perecman, a leading New York personal injury attorney surmises, "Based on the preliminary evidence, it appears that the crash could have been caused by poor training, broken rules in the cockpit, and airline officials lack of due diligence."

Any NY personal injury lawyer will tell you it is ill advised to put an inexperienced, under trained, overtired person in charge of an airplane that has the capacity to injure or kill dozens of people. Amongst other evidence, the aircraft's voice data recorder shows the plane's pilot, Marvin Renslow, and co-pilot Rebecca Shaw were in violation of federal rules banning nonessential conversation before 10,000 feet is reached.

Personal injury attorneys are also pointing out issues like difficult working conditions at Colgan Air, the company that operated the flight, and extremely low wages.

"The conditions revealed at the NTSB's hearings obviously violate the public's trust - namely, that pilots are qualified, healthy, and well-rested before they're allowed to take command of a plane," says David Perecman, a prominent New York Personal injury attorney.

Plane crashes seldom end well for its crew and passengers. In fact, most often, aviation accidents are fatal to them. For those who suffered from this tragic loss, it is important that they work with a New York personal injury attorney who knows how to properly pursue and investigate this type of personal injury or in this case, wrongful death case.

About David Perecman and The Perecman Firm, PLLC:

For the past 25 years, the New York personal injury, construction accident, auto accident and medical malpractice attorneys at The Perecman Firm, PLLC have championed all types of cases for personal injury. David Perecman, founder of the Firm, is the current Secretary of the New York State Trial Lawyers Association (NYSTLA) and a chair of its Labor Law Committee. Mr. Perecman's achievements have brought him recognition as an Honoree in the National Law Journal's Hall of Fame, in New York Magazine's "The Best Lawyers in America" and The New York Times Magazine "New York Super Lawyers, Metro Edition".

The Firm has recovered multi-millions of dollars for its clients. Among the more recent victories, Mr. Perecman won a $15 million verdict* for a construction accident, a $5.35 million dollar verdict** for an automobile accident, and a $40 million dollar structured settlement for medical malpractice.

*later settled while on appeal for $7.940 million
** later settled for $3.5 million
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