$15 Million Awarded for Deaths in Plane Crash
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Jurors in Los Angeles awarded $15 million Friday to the children of a couple who died when a Singapore Airlines jetliner crashed on a Taiwan runway in October 2000.
The judgment is the first jury verdict in a civil case brought against the airline in connection with the crash, which killed 83 people, said attorney Brian Panish, who represented the children of Richard and Ching Ying Wu.
The Orange County couple had planned to fly from Taipei, Taiwan, to Los Angeles after a business trip.
The jet went down the wrong runway and crashed into construction equipment. The airline did not dispute its liability for the couple’s deaths.
The jury awarded $7.5 million to each of the children: Sidney Wu, 31, and Christina Wu, 27.
Taiwanese investigators concluded the crash was most likely caused by pilot errors exacerbated by bad weather from an approaching typhoon.
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