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Fatal Riverside Plane Crash: Cessna C550 Tragedy at French Valley – CaseyGerry Aviation Lawyers

CaseyGerry is saddened to report yet another fatal crash that occurred in or near the French Valley Airport in Murrieta, California.

The crash occurred on the morning of Saturday, July 8, when a Cessna C550 flying in from Las Vegas, NV crashed while attempting to land in the Riverside airport.

Santee Plane Crash Kills At Least Two People

A local cardiologist, 64-year-old Dr. Sugata Das, was reportedly piloting a plane that crashed in Santee on Oct. 11, 2021, according to an NBC 7 report. Two people were killed, including the doctor piloting the twin-engine Cessna C340 and a UPS driver on the ground.

Parachute Product Defect Case Following Death of Navy Seal

December 20, 2017 Aviation News

CaseyGerry proudly represented the family of a Navy Seal and decorated combat veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, after he was tragically killed during training exercises in the skies above San Diego when his parachute deployed unexpectedly while he was still inside an aircraft.

Wife of Pilot Killed in Mid-Air Collision Near Brown Field Speaks Out For First Time

February 22, 2017 Aviation News

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Candice Nguyen

Kathi Copeland said when she met her husband Michael Copeland, the attraction was instant.

“Three weeks, he said ‘we’re going to get married’; three weeks in and I said, ‘you’re crazy’, but we did,” Copeland said describing how she and Michael met and fell in love.

Lawsuit filed following Santa Barbara County plane crash

March 27, 2016 Aviation News

CaseyGerry has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in San Diego Superior Court on behalf of the children of Birger Greg Bacino, a San Diegan killed in an airplane crash near Santa Barbara last summer

According to firm partner David S.

Encinitas Attorney Joins CaseyGerry’s Serious Personal Injury, Aviation Teams

March 8, 2016 Aviation News

San Diego’s oldest plaintiff’s law firm, Casey Gerry, recently announced the addition of Adam B. Levine as its newest attorney.

Levine – previously a law clerk with CaseyGerry for two years – has joined the legal team specializing in serious personal injury and aviation litigation.

Family of Qualcomm exec killed in mid-air collision files suit

January 12, 2016 Aviation News

CaseyGerry has filed suit on behalf of the family of a pilot killed last summer after the small airplane he was piloting collided with a jet while approaching Brown Field.

Michael Copeland, a Qualcomm executive, was alone is his Cessna 172 when it crashed.

Family of Child Injured on Carlsbad State Beach Following Plane Crash Files Suit

September 16, 2015 Aviation News

12-Year-Old Boy Suffered Serious Head Injury

SAN DIEGO (September 9, 2015) San Diego-based law firm CaseyGerry filed a lawsuit today on behalf of the family of a 12-year-old boy seriously injured after a single-engine plane crashed on Carlsbad State Beach earlier this summer.