Airline/Airport Negligence
UNITED AIRLINES
In a claim on behalf of the estate of an elderly woman who fell to her death down air stairs leading from the concourse to the tarmac, Ken Javerbaum obtained a settlement of $400,000 by establishing a failure to properly supervise and escort the woman.
LINDEN AIRPORT
In a claim on behalf of the estate of the pilot of a Piper Cherokee Airplane, Bob Hicks obtained a jury verdict of $975,000 by proving an obstruction warning light was not functioning, causing the pilot to strike a utility pole in a nighttime landing.
PAN AM
Representing the Estate of the co-pilot of Pan Am Flight 103, Ira Zarin obtained a jury verdict of $3 million, proving the defendants failed to heed warnings that a terrorist attack was imminent.
Landmark Cases
The Law Office of Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins focuses its practice on representing victims of negligence and other torts, but its attorneys handle a wide variety of claims in which people have suffered personal injuries, death or financial loss as the result of the negligence or wrongful conduct of another person or entity.