Wellstone crash victims receive $25 million settlement

[doxieone]

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGARGWDTWJD.html

Wellstone Crash Victims Receive $25 Million Settlement
The Associated Press
Published: Aug 28, 2003




MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Family members of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone and five other passengers killed in an October plane crash have reached a $25 million insurance settlement with the company that operated the flight, an attorney for the families confirmed Thursday.
Roberta Walburn, who along with Mike Ciresi represented the families of all six passengers who died in the Oct. 25 crash, said the settlement would avert a lawsuit by their clients against Aviation Charter Inc. of Eden Prairie and its affiliated companies.

The National Transportation Safety Board has not determined the cause of the crash, although preliminary reports released by the safety board this spring suggest pilot error

[Melinda]

1. Your title does not match that of the article.

"Wellstone Crash Victims Receive $25 Million Settlement"

is the correct title for the article which discusses compensation to the five surviving families, and not just the Wellstone's.

[mjb4]

2. 20% to the Dem party

I hope

[gully]

3. Little consolation...

*sigh*

[KamaAina]

4. They averted more than just a lawsuit

the settlement would avert a lawsuit by their clients against Aviation Charter Inc. of Eden Prairie

See, the thing about lawsuits like this is that there's a discovery phase. And in the discovery phase, all sorts of facts tend to come out, including some that might prove embarrassing to certain parties...

$25 million is a small price to pay for Them to avoid that. :tinfoilhat:

[SoCalDem]

5. Interesting article from 2002 about Aviation Charter

http://www.startribune.com/stories/1752/3406421.html