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| | | Plane accident lawyers are familiar with the highly specialized field of aviation law.
In the event of plane accident or other accident, aviation law differs from other forms of personal injury law, in that most tort law is regulated primarily at the state level. In aviation law, however, the FAA and the NTSB (National Travel Safety Board) both have regulations in place that take precedence over state laws. Other regulations, such as international treaties, can influence aviation law as well.
Persons involved in plane accident related incident need must contact a plane accident lawyers who is familiar with the highly specialized field of aviation law. Because of the various levels of laws and regulations: state, federal, and international, and the different organizations that create and enforce aviation law, this is one of the more complicated types of legal practice in existence, and many lawyers choose to focus their work solely on aviation law, or to devote much of their time to this type of practice.
Under the investigation rules of the National Transportation Safety Board the NTSB investigators usually invite into the investigation the parties whose functions and products were involved, i.e., the aircraft, engine, and propeller manufacturers, overhaul facilities, and renters, but specifically do not include "claimants and insurers." This means that while the NTSB and the people likely to get sued are looking at the wreckage, the engine, the site, etc., the families who have lost the most are excluded. The longer they wait, the more difficult it is to locate and preserve the evidence and witnesses who can reconstruct for them what really happened.
If a plane accident occurs within a state's territorial waters, or on land, state aviation law will generally allow damages for medical & funeral expenses, loss of victim's anticipated earnings in the future until time of retirement, loss of pension benefits (or some inheritances) caused by the victim's death, pain and suffering or mental anguish to the survivors, loss of care, protection or companionship to survivors. Knowing the aviation laws that apply to the specific situation of the victims/survivors allows a plane accident lawyers to properly prepare clients for what to expect, as well as to recover all funds to which the plaintiff is entitled.
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