Robert J. Allen
Barrister & Solicitor


130 Adelaide Street W, Suite 2400,
Box 1222, Station K,
Toronto, Ontario, M4P 3E4

tel: (416) 322-7280
Fax:(416) 480-0785




Aviation Accident Litigation




EARLY DAYS, 1978 - 1981

Pacific Western B737 crash at Cranbrook, B.C., 43 dead, 6 injured. As juniour counsel, conducted discoveries of ATC and FSS defendants; handled settlement of numerous pax claims.

OVER THE YEARS

Midair Collisions:

Windsor, Ont. C310/C150 mid-air collision, 5 dead
St. Catherines, Ont. PA28 / C170, 2 dead
Bellingham, Wash., C172 / PA34, 3 dead
Kitchener, Ont., PA28 / DHC 1 Chipmunk, 2 dead

Aircraft/Auto, Aircraft/Boat Collisions:

Bay City, Mich., PA28/auto, 2 dead, 5 injured.
Wingham, Ont., C170/auto, 2 dead
Kenora, Ont., C206/boat, property damage
Hearst, Ont., C185/Seadoo, property damage

Aircraft/Building Collisions:

Winnipeg, Man., Beech Queenair/ office building, 7 injured
Oshawa, Ont., Cessna 411/house, 4 injured

Propstrike/Wirestrike

Saltspring Is., B.C., DHC-2, propstrike, 1 injured
Alberta, agri-spray, flagman injured
Lindsay, Ont., Mooney 21 Wirestrike, 4 injured
Brooklin, Ont., balloon wirestrike, 1 injured

Weather

Lake Erie, Cessna 210, line squall, 1 dead
Estevan, Sask., Cessna 310, icing, 3 dead
St. Pierre et Miquelon (Fr.), PA24, low visibility, 2 dead
Dauphin, Man., PA34, icing, 1 dead, 1 injured
Chilliwack, B.C., Aztec, icing, 2 injured
Buffalo Hills, Alberta, Cessna 185 low vis., 2 dead, 1 injured
North of Yellowknife, NWT., C180 whiteout, 3 dead
many more

Landing/Take-off

North Bay, Ont., Navaho , 7 injured
Invermere, B.C., Cessna 421, 6 injured
Rankin Inlet, NWT., Navaho, 4 dead
Nanaimo, B.C., Aztec, 5 dead
Selkirk, Man., Cessna 206, 3 dead, 1 injured
Great Slave Lake, NWT., DHC-2, 6 dead
many more

Airframe/Engine/Component Failure

Vancouver, B.C., Helio-Courier wing failure, 5 dead
Niagara, Ont., PA28 brake failure, property damage
GT. Bear Lake, NWT., BE18 engine failure, 9 injured
many more

Numerous accidents/claims involving:

Cessna 185 and DeHavilland Beaver float operations
hot air balloons
windstrorm / ground damage
chemical drift/ animal stampede
fuel contamination / misfuelling
pilot impairment / low flying / reckless conduct
misc. minor passenger injury and baggage losses

Numerous situations involving:

denial of coverage, excess exposure
Warsaw Convention
Workers Compensation
multiple parties and claims, mixed insured/uninsured losses
Canada / U.S. jurisdiction issues

SOME CURRENT CASES

Uxbridge, Ont., hot air balloon thunderstorm encounter, 1 injured
Vancouver, B.C., Cessna 185 disappearance, 3 missing
Toronto, Ont., Cessna 210 IFR approach accident, 1 dead, 3 injured
Gimli, Man., Bell-47 training accident, 2 dead
Elliot L. Ont., Cessna 185 enroute accident, 3 dead, 1 injured
Goderich, Ont. Tiger Moth accident, 2 dead
Temagami, Ont., Cessna 185 fuel selector valve defect, 2 dead, 1
-injured.


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