{"id":2275,"date":"2020-06-11T11:39:52","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2020-06-11T11:39:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:39:52","slug":"making-them-pay-new-filings-show-vanessa-bryant-seeks-hundreds-of-millions-in-damages-for-kobes-wrongful-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askcarterlaw.com\/home\/making-them-pay-new-filings-show-vanessa-bryant-seeks-hundreds-of-millions-in-damages-for-kobes-wrongful-death\/","title":{"rendered":"MAKING THEM PAY: New Filings Show Vanessa Bryant Seeks \u2018Hundreds of Millions\u2019 in Damages for Kobe’s Wrongful Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Demanding Retribution.<\/p>\n

According to new court filings, Vanessa Bryant\u00a0is seeking ‘hundreds of millions’ in damages as a result of the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant and 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant, as well as seven other people. The specific amount of the personal injury damages has not been set but the hundred-million dollar estimate is based on Kobe\u2019s future lost earnings. Legally, she seeks \u201ceconomic damages, non-economic damages, prejudgment interest, punitive damages, and other relief as the Court deems just and proper.\u201d She is also requesting a jury trial for the case.<\/p>\n

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The documents reveal the pilot’s family intends to file a motion to transfer venue \u201con the grounds that an impartial jury cannot be empaneled in Los Angeles Superior Court in this matter.” In other words, they do not believe they will be able to find an impartial jury in Laker obsessed Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Vanessa Bryant originally filed the wrongful death lawsuit against Island Express Helicopters in February. In the lawsuit, Vanessa accuses the pilot, Ara Zobayan, of neglecting to monitor the weather prior to takeoff and failing to use ordinary care in piloting the helicopter.<\/p>\n

She also claimed in her initial filings that Island Express Helicopters had knowledge that Mr. Zobayan\u00a0had previously violated weather-related flight rules in 2015, and as a result, Island Express employed Zobayan with a conscious disregard for the rights or safety of their customers.<\/p>\n

What do you think? How much should Island Express Helicopters pay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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