A recent AAJ article reports that a petition is pending requesting that the Supreme Court allow active duty military personnel to sue the government. Petty Officer Nathan Hafterson died on March 26, 2006, at Naval Hospital Jacksonville after being admitted for trouble breathing. His attorneys state that it would put military members on the same footing as civilians under the Federal Tort Claims Act. This malpractice action was denied by the lower courts because a federal law (known as the Feres doctrine) prohibits active military members from suing the US government.
Colgan Air hides e-mails
November 15, 2011
Many have commented on Colgan Air’s failure to provide key documents in the wrongful death lawsuits against the airline for the negligence, lack of training of its pilots, obvious errors and management of its operations.