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03-01-2002, 11:51 AM
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Relatives Of Aaliyah Crash Victims Sue Virgin Records
By Mark Allwood, BETi Music News
Posted Mar. 1, 2002 -- Relatives of the two hair stylists that died in the plane crash that also killed R&B star/actress Aaliyah have sued her record company, Virgin, for hiring a "fly-by-night" charter aircraft company, reports the Associated Press.
The families of Eric Forman, 29, and Anthony Dodd, 34, filed wrongful death lawsuits against Virgin Records America, its affiliated music and video production units, the plane's owner and the charter air company hired for the Aug. 25 flight. All nine people aboard the Miami-bound plane died when it crashed immediately after taking off from an airfield in the Bahamas.
The lawsuits allege that the aircraft was overloaded with passengers, luggage and equipment used in a video shoot, and that the pilot "was not approved to act as pilot of the accident aircraft."
Brian J. Panish, the families' attorney, explained to the AP that the lawsuits were filed because Virgin Records "took profits over the safety of transporting people," and that the record label used a "fly-by-night" charter aircraft company. The suit maintains that Virgin was negligent in charting a small plane for the return flight from the Bahamas to Florida. The families are seeking unspecified monetary damages and an explanation as to why the tragedy occurred.
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I knew it was coming. I figured one of the crash victims relatives would sue.
Relatives Of Aaliyah Crash Victims Sue Virgin Records
By Mark Allwood, BETi Music News
Posted Mar. 1, 2002 -- Relatives of the two hair stylists that died in the plane crash that also killed R&B star/actress Aaliyah have sued her record company, Virgin, for hiring a "fly-by-night" charter aircraft company, reports the Associated Press.
The families of Eric Forman, 29, and Anthony Dodd, 34, filed wrongful death lawsuits against Virgin Records America, its affiliated music and video production units, the plane's owner and the charter air company hired for the Aug. 25 flight. All nine people aboard the Miami-bound plane died when it crashed immediately after taking off from an airfield in the Bahamas.
The lawsuits allege that the aircraft was overloaded with passengers, luggage and equipment used in a video shoot, and that the pilot "was not approved to act as pilot of the accident aircraft."
Brian J. Panish, the families' attorney, explained to the AP that the lawsuits were filed because Virgin Records "took profits over the safety of transporting people," and that the record label used a "fly-by-night" charter aircraft company. The suit maintains that Virgin was negligent in charting a small plane for the return flight from the Bahamas to Florida. The families are seeking unspecified monetary damages and an explanation as to why the tragedy occurred.
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I knew it was coming. I figured one of the crash victims relatives would sue.