Finding Florida law applies to educational malpractice claims brought by the families of the victims of a 2018 plane crash in Cuba, a federal judge in Illinois is allowing the claims to proceed against a flight training group accused of negligently training aviation staff.
In an Aug. 30 opinion, U.S. District Judge Edmond E. Chang of the Northern District of Illinois denied attempts by the defendant, Global One Training Group, to dismiss a negligence suit against it. Global One argued that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim as educational malpractice claims are barred against flight training companies under Illinois law. However, the plaintiffs, family and personal representatives of the 75 people who died in a plane crash while en route to Cuba, argued that under Florida law, the educational malpractice claim could proceed against the flight training company.
