November 19, 2013
A New York federal judge ruled Tuesday that state laws cover wrongful death claims filed in multidistrict litigation by a Chinese citizen whose wife was among the 49 people killed in a Continental Airlines Inc. crash near Buffalo in 2009.
November 04, 2013
A federal judge on Monday dismissed certain damages claims such as grief and loss of companionship brought by victims' families suing Continental Airlines Inc. over a 2009 crash near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 50 people, saying the claims are prohibited under New York law.
December 20, 2011
Three airlines defending multidistrict litigation over a 2009 airplane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 50 people won access Tuesday to information about one of the victims who they say may not have lived in the U.S. at the time of the crash.
July 19, 2011
A New York federal judge ruled Monday that plaintiffs in a multidistrict litigation over a 2009 airplane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., that killed 50 people can pursue unlimited punitive damages from the flight's operators under state law.
December 13, 2010
The federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation over a 2009 plane crash that claimed 50 lives has remanded five cases against Continental Airlines Inc., Colgan Air Inc., aviation training company FlightSafety International Inc. and others to state court.