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Experience
**Koutsoubos v. Boeing Vertol
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
**Tate v. Boeing Helicopters
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
**Getz v. The Boeing Company
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Obtained the first affirmances by the third, sixth and ninth circuits of summary judgment rulings, on the grounds of government contractor defense, in aircraft crash litigation.
**These three cases involved an Army Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-47E crash in Afghanistan during a mission to capture a high-value al-Qaida target, an Army CH-47D crash during external load training at Ft. Campbell and a Navy HH-46A crash during training off the coast of Florida.
Flanigan v. Westwind Technologies, Inc.
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Obtained summary judgment, on grounds of combatant activities, in litigation arising from an Army AH-64D that crashed in Afghanistan while responding to rocket attacks on Kandahar Air Field.
Mounsey v. Allied-Signal
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
Obtained summary judgment on the basis of state secrets privilege in litigation arising from an U.S. Air Force F-15 pilots’ shoot down of U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopters over Northern Iraq following the pilots’ mistaken identification of them as Russian or Iraqi helicopters.
Government of The United Kingdom v. The Boeing Company
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Obtained a ruling that a British government’s arbitration proceeding against an aircraft manufacturer could not be consolidated with the government’s arbitration proceeding against the engine manufacturer. The U.K. subsequently dismissed arbitration proceeding against our client.
Government of Bolivia, Et Al. v. The Boeing Company
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Triumphed with a defense verdict following a month-long trial. The case involved a jet that crashed after takeoff, killing or seriously injuring over 150 persons and damaging a government-owned soccer stadium.
Church v. Martin-Baker Aircraft Co.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Prevailed in a case in which following a trial to judge under admiralty law, the court ruled that our client’s ejection seat did not cause the death of an U.S. Air Force fighter pilot.
