The Boeing Co. and three other companies have agreed to pay $13.55 million to settle a claim by two soldiers injured in a 2003 Army helicopter crash in Iraq. The settlement was approved by a Los Angeles federal judge. The suit claimed that a gearbox failed during a maintenance flight, causing the chopper to plunge 800 feet. One plaintiff, who was left a quadriplegic, lost a finger and suffered head injuries, will receive $11.2 million; the other, whose spine was shattered, will receive $2.3 million.
February 23, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A federal judge in Los Angeles has approved a $13.55 million settlement of a lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and three other companies by two soldiers who were hurt in a 2003 Army helicopter crash in Iraq.
The product liability lawsuit claimed that a gearbox on an AH-64 Apache Longbow failed during a maintenance flight in Tikrit, causing the chopper to plunge 800 feet.
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