In September 2006, MMH obtained a Summary Judgment in favor of its client, which operates a small airport in the Northern reaches of the state of Florida. The accident occurred when a small aircraft was making an approach to the airport and resulted in two fatalities and two injuries. The airport was accused of failing to assure the pilot's competence prior to allowing his operations at the airport.

Evidence presented by MMH convinced the Judge that there was no wrongdoing on the part of the airport. As a result, the Judge entered Judgment in favor of the airport, thereby precluding the necessity of having a jury determine the cases outcome.

MMH Successfully Defends Aircraft Maintenance Facility

In December 2005 a team of MMH attorneys successfully defended an aircraft maintenance facility against claims arising from the crash of an aircraft shortly after takeoff, which resulted in three fatalities. The claims were tried to a jury in a proceeding which lasted nearly two weeks. Plaintiffs claim that their decedents died as a result of the maintenance facility’s negligence in performing work on the aircraft’s engine shortly prior to the fatal accident.

After hearing considerable evidence in the case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of MMH’s client and found that there was no negligence or other wrongdoing on the part of the maintenance facility.

Christopher S. Morin, an associate with the law firm of Murray, Morin & Herman, P.A.'s Tampa Office, will address the prestigious Air Law Symposium sponsored by Southern Methodist University's Journal of Air Law and Commerce in Dallas, TX, February, 2003. Mr. Morin will speak on the subject of Evidentiary Issues in Aviation Cases.