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  • LIVE FROM THE BROADCAST

  • CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS

  • "KCAL9 NEWS" OUT FOR.

  • SHARON: NOW AT 4:30 P.M. AS L.A.

  • BIDS A FINAL FAREWELL TO KOBE

  • BRYANT, HIS WIDOW HAS FILED A

  • WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, SHE SAYS

  • THE OWNER OF THE HELICOPTER THAT

  • CRASHED ON JANUARY 26 IS

  • RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF HER

  • HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.

  • JUAN: A LEGAL EXPERT SAYS SHE

  • MAY HAVE A STRONG CASE.

  • JOY BENEDICT IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN

  • L.A. WITH THE DETAILS OF THE

  • LAWSUIT.

  • REPORTER: THE LAWSUIT ITSELF

  • WAS FILED AT THE

  • BEHIND ME EARLIER TODAY, THERE

  • IS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT MENTIONED

  • WHEN

  • EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BE IN THE

  • MILLIONS.

  • IT WAS A HEART STOPPING SEEN ON

  • THE CALABASAS HILLSIDE AND NOT A

  • DAY DEDICATED TO GRIEVING THE

  • LOSS OF KOBE BRYANT AND HIS

  • DAUGHTER DG, VANESSA BRYANT MADE

  • IT CLEAR LEGALLY THEY WILL NOT

  • BE FORGOTTEN.

  • HER ATTORNEY FILED A 72 PAGE

  • LAWSUIT AGAINST ISLAND EXPRESS

  • IN THE STATE OF ITS PILOT ARA

  • ZOBAYAN.

  • AN AVIATION ATTORNEY AND A

  • FORMER N NAVAL PILOT, ALTHOUGH NOT

  • WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THIS

  • LAWSUIT, HE SAYS HIS ATTORNEYS

  • WILL HAVE TO PROVE NEGLIGENCE TO

  • WIN.

  • IS PROBABLY NOT TOO DIFFICULT

  • TO MAKE OUT THE CASE GIVEN THE

  • INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY

  • HAVE.

  • THE NTSB ALREADY RELEASED A

  • DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CRASH

  • MOVING THE INVESTIGATION AWAY

  • FROM A MECHANICAL AIR AND TOWARD

  • THE WEATHER AND ACTIONS OF THE

  • PILOT.

  • THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD RADAR

  • INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION

  • INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT

  • OF INFORMATION FROM THE WRECKAGE

  • SCENE AS WELL.

  • IN THE 20 8 COUNT COMPLAINT,

  • BRYANT'S ATTORNEYS MAKE

  • NEGLIGENT CLAIMS AGAINST PILOT

  • COMPANY CLAIMING THE PILOT WAS

  • NEGLIGENT FOR FLYING ABOUT

  • WHETHER IN THE COMPANY ALLOWED

  • HIM TO OPERATE IN WHAT IT CALLS

  • A RISKY MEANING OF TRANSPORT.

  • CONSIDERING THE HELICOPTER DID

  • NOT HAVE APPROPRIATE WARNING

  • SYSTEMS FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

  • WAS THERE NEGLIGENCE EVOLVE?

  • IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT WAY

  • EARLY ON AND IS PRETTY

  • CONSISTENT INFORMATION THAT THE

  • PILOT INTO THE CLOUDS WHEN HE

  • SHOULD NOT HAVE.

  • AS PURSUING THE COMPANY AND

  • NOT JUST THE PILOT WHO DIED IN

  • THE CRASH, THEY SAY THE STANDARD

  • BECAUSE IT WAS THE COMPANY'S JOB

  • TO MAKE SURE THE HELICOPTER DID

  • NOT CRASH.

  • SELECTING THE PILOT TO MAKE

  • SURE THEY FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES

  • THAT THEY TRAIN THE PILOT

  • PROPERLY.

  • ISLAND EXPRESS DECLINED TO

  • COMMENT ON THE CASE, THE WEBSITE

  • AS A STATEMENT POSTED SAYING

  • THEY ARE NOT FLYING, THEY SAY

  • THEY LIKELY WILL NOT AGAIN.

  • HE SAYS THIS WILL NOT BE THE

  • ONLY LAWSUIT EITHER.

  • WHATEVER INSURANCE MONEY THE

  • COMPANY HAS IT WILL BE HANDED

  • OUT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE CRASH

  • FIGURING OUT WHICH VICTIM GETS

  • WHAT WILL BE THE REAL FIGHT.

  • EVEN IF THERE WAS $50 MILLION

  • IN INSURANCE, THAT WOULD

  • ARGUABLY IN ALL LIKELIHOOD NOT

  • BE ENOUGH TO LEGALLY SATISFIED

  • ALL THE PLAINTIFFS.

  • EVEN THOUGH THIS PARTICULAR

  • CLAIM ASKED FOR A JURY TRIAL, HE

  • DOES NOT M THINK IT'LL MAKE IT

  • THAT FAR, HE THINK SO BE SETTLED

  • LONG BEFORE THAT, AND ISLAND

  • EXPRESS WILL SHUTDOWN WHATEVER

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