Travel, Bus, & Aviation Accident Cases
Travel, Bus, & Aviation Accident Lawsuit Verdicts & Settlements
Bus Crash Injury Litigation
- Motorcoach Accident - June 14, 2006: Arapahoe County Jury returns $184,129 in favor of Plaintiff represented by Daniel P. Gerash, Esq and E. Richard Toray, Esq. Plaintiff, a 73 year old tourist was on a motorcoach vacation with his wife in Europe in September, 2001, when he was negligently pushed into oncoming traffic by the motorcoach driver in Rotherburg, Germany who was parked illegally while loading his passengers. The jury found in favor of Plaintiff against Defendant Group Voyagers Inc., d/b/a Globus on claims of negligence, respondeat superior and breach of contract. The Defendant, a division of an international travel company that organizes and provides motorcoach tours around the world, sold the Plaintiff and his wife their vacation package. The trial court granted Plaintiffs post trial motion and awarded pre-judgment interest of $86,098.05 on the jury verdict for a total judgment of $270,227.05.
- Tour Bus Crash - A mass tort litigation in Federal District Court representing 26 Plaintiffs of multi-nationalities involving a tour bus crash near Venice Italy. Injuries of clients ranged from a fatality, catastrophic injuries, broken bones, post traumatic stress disorders, and economic loss. Complex litigation involving local, federal, and international law. Defendants included a local tour operator out of Littleton Colorado and a motor coach company in Portugal. The clients were represented by Gerash Steiner & Toray, P.C., lead by partner, Daniel P. Gerash, along with co-counsel Alexander Anolik and Alex Pevzner in San Francisco, California. A confidential settlement was reached with the Defendants after nearly five years of litigation. Published case at Cameron v. Cosmos, 308 F.Supp.2d 1232 (D.Colo. 2004) highlight the complexity of the litigation that Gerash Steiner & Toray, P.C. was instrumental in attaining a successful outcome.
Aviation Accident Litigation
- Helicopter Accident - Helicopter crash case involving a decorated military pilot flying a helicopter while fighting a wild fire in the state of Arizona when an alleged product failure caused the helicopter to crash. Our client suffered severe burns on the majority of his body including his head and face. Daniel P. Gerash, along with his father Walter L. Gerash and William Wimsatt of Los Angeles, California successfully settled with the manufacturer of the part which failed for a confidential amount.
- Plane Crash - Personal Injury case against estate of pilot of experimental plane when pilot error caused the plane to clip a fence before the runway on landing and crashed in El Cajon, California outside of San Diego. Pilot was killed in accident and client passenger suffered a serious crush injury to her foot. Lawsuit was filed in state of Washington with co-counsel Robert Hedrick of Hedrick & Smith, LLC of Seattle, Washington. Mr. Gerash and Mr. Hedrick were able to settle the case for $390,000 against the estate of the pilot at fault. (Mr. Hedrick is licensed to practice aviation law in Colorado and is available to serve as co-counsel in the firm's aviation cases).
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Travel, Bus, & Aviation Accident Attorneys
Denver, Colorado
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