To Danko, allowing an electric utility like PG&E to be owned by investors is “totally contrary to the interests of safety.” Click here to read more....
Tom Wales, a federal prosecutor, was shot and killed in his Seattle home. Wales had been prosecuting a case involving a Bell Helicopter — an odd case which seemed as mysterious as his murder. Though the murder took place in 2001, Rod Rosenstein announced a few months ago that the murder investigation is still active. ...
Mike Danko: Seeking to move litigation from the US to the country where a crash occurred is a common strategy in air disaster cases that, if successful, can leave families with nothing. Read the full Business Insider article online....
PG&E told he bankruptcy judge today that its goal in bankruptcy is to establish a fund against which wildfire victims can make a claim. Lawyers for PG&E’s victims explain why PG&E is not to be trusted. Watch the news clips....
CBS Bay Area asks Mike Danko about the open secret in the airline industry: A flawed design in most airliners puts at risk pilots, flight attendants, and passengers. The risk sometimes leaves flight crew members unable to function. “They have known about it for a long time,” said aviation attorney Mike Danko, who is a...
Hall of Fame Aerobatic Pilot Eddie Andreini crashed on the runway while preforming at the Travis Air Force Base. He survived the impact, but it took the Air Force rescue crews more than four minutes to reach him. Andreini died in the post-crash fire. When they couldn’t get answers from Travis brass, Eddie’s family sued...
The National Transportation Safety Board chalked up the fatal Cessna crash to pilot error. The pilot’s family hired the firm to investigate. Danko Meredith proved the NTSB wrong in court, proving the crash was the result of an unapproved part having been installed in the aircraft. The jury rendered a $13 million verdict against the...