Certain Damages Not Recoverable In High Seas Crashes, Supreme Court Rules

The Supreme Court ruled this week that relatives of airline crash victims cannot recover "loss-of-society" damages when that accident occurs over international waters. In Zicherman vs. Korean Air Lines, a unanimous court said that damages in airplane crashes on the high seas are covered by the Death...

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