Kauai Chopper Crash Settlement; $9.5 Million
Nine-and-half million dollars. That's how much a New Hampshire couple will receive for injuries they suffered in a tour helicopter crash on Kauai last year.
They were on a sightseeing trip when the tail rotor broke off and the chopper went down. A California man was killed, Judy Barton was paralyzed and her husband Douglas broke his back.
Their attorney said Barton can no longer work and his wife will likely need assistance for the rest of her life. And they'll use the money to build a handi-cap accesible home.
"They are very pleased, I'm sure like almost all my clients they'd much rather be healthy without all the money," said their attourney Rick Fried.
Fried says a defect in the tail rotor assembly caused the crash.
The settlement money will come from the two manufacturers, Boeing and Aluminum Precision Products.
They were on a sightseeing trip when the tail rotor broke off and the chopper went down. A California man was killed, Judy Barton was paralyzed and her husband Douglas broke his back.
Their attorney said Barton can no longer work and his wife will likely need assistance for the rest of her life. And they'll use the money to build a handi-cap accesible home.
"They are very pleased, I'm sure like almost all my clients they'd much rather be healthy without all the money," said their attourney Rick Fried.
Fried says a defect in the tail rotor assembly caused the crash.
The settlement money will come from the two manufacturers, Boeing and Aluminum Precision Products.
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