$8.1 Million Awarded to Crash Victim’s Family
<i> Associated Press</i>
CLEVELAND —
A jury awarded $8.1 million to survivors of a surgeon killed in the 1992 crash of USAir Flight 405 at New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
The award Friday was the first from the ill-fated flight to be reached in court. Ten other lawsuits were settled out of court.
Flight 405 from New York to Cleveland crashed attempting to take off in a snowstorm. Investigators cited icy wings as the likely cause. Twenty-seven people died and 24 were injured.
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