Posted by Tejas Oza.
This article is about the parents of a marine killed in a osprey crash are suing Boeing. This helicopter crashed at a military base outside of Honolulu including 21 marines and a navy man, two marines were killed.
“The lawsuit accuses Boeing Corp., Bell Helicopter Testron Inc. and Eaton Aerospace of negligence and recklessness.”( McAvoy http://www.military.com). This article stood out to me because we learned about negligence today during class. We learned that this is one of the most common types of lawsuits and occurs when someone suffers an injury because of another failure to lineup to a required duty of care.
The case goes deeper into explaining that the aircraft flew into unstable conditions for a prolonged time and suddenly the engine stalled. This situation did not violate any regulations, but with intense research it was found that the safer way would’ have been to find a safer and more stable path to ensure everyone’s safety.
This article was very intriguing, and eye-opening, not only because this can happen at any moment, but because negligence is a very common law suit.
Tejas is a business law student at the Feliciano School of Business, Montclair State University.