November 10, 2025
A Montana federal judge has tacked on pre- and postjudgment interest to most of a $22 million verdict against aircraft manufacturer Kaman Aerospace Corp. in a lawsuit over a defectively made helicopter that crashed five years ago, killing a veteran pilot who was fighting a wildfire.
May 09, 2025
A Montana federal jury has hit aircraft manufacturer Kaman Aerospace Corp. with a $22 million verdict over claims that it defectively manufactured a helicopter that crashed and killed a veteran pilot who was fighting a wildfire.
April 16, 2025
The family of a helicopter pilot who died fighting a wildfire has told a Montana federal judge that the manufacturer shouldn't be allowed to exclude their experts' testimony, since the company already had a chance to ask them about their theories.
April 03, 2025
A Montana federal judge on Thursday said that there's a genuine factual dispute about whether aircraft maker Kaman acted with malice or disregard of injury in a suit accusing it of defectively designing a helicopter that crashed and killed a pilot fighting a wildfire.
March 11, 2022
Aircraft manufacturer Kaman can't escape a lawsuit accusing it of defectively designing a helicopter that crashed and killed a pilot fighting a wildfire, a Montana federal judge has ruled, finding its business with one company in the state is enough to establish jurisdiction.
September 17, 2021
A veteran helicopter pilot fatally crashed while battling a 2020 wildfire in Oregon's woodlands because of defects and faulty design that manufacturer Kaman Aerospace Corp. was aware of, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in Montana district court.