US EditionJury awards $116M to the family of a passenger killed in a New York helicopter crash
- A jury awarded $116 million to the family of Trevor Cadigan, one of five passengers killed in a helicopter crash in New York City.
- The crash occurred in March 2018 when a passenger tether caught a fuel switch, halting the engine and causing the helicopter to sink.
- The National Transportation Safety Board blamed FlyNYON for installing hard-to-escape harnesses and exploiting safety requirement loopholes.
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Jury awards $116M to the family of a passenger killed in a New York no-door helicopter crash
A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter. The craft crashed and sank in a New York City river
Jury awards $116M to family of passenger killed in NYC East River helicopter crash
A jury has awarded $116 million to the family of one of five people killed in a no-door helicopter that crashed and sank in a New York City river, leaving passengers trapped in their safety harnesses. The verdict came Thursday in the lawsuit over the death of Trevor Cadigan, who was 26 when he took the doomed flight in March 2018. It was, family lawyer Gary C. Robb said Friday, “a death trap.” “They just completely misled the public about the …
New York Post
UpstractMom of budding journalist killed in East River chopper crash wins record $116M in lawsuit
The massive award is the end result of a lawsuit filed by the parents of Trevor Cadigan, 26, who drowned along with four other passengers when the helicopter they were touring on crashed in the East River in March 2018.
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