Enforcement of judgment case following major plane crash

In November 2016, members of the Brazilian football club Chapecoense were travelling to the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals on LaMia Flight 2933. That flight tragically crashed, killing almost all on board, and seriously injuring those that survived.

Following the crash, Floridian law firm, Podhurst Orseck PA, obtained a judgment against the airline, LaMia, to be enforced against insurance broker Aon and re-insurer Tokio Marine Kiln, for some $844 million.

In April 2021, Penningtons Manches Cooper was instructed by Podhurst Orseck PA to represent the individuals that survived the crash, and the families and estates of those that did not, in resisting and seeking the quashing of an interim anti-suit injunction obtained in England by Aon and Tokio Marine Kiln, to prevent them from being added to the ongoing Floridian proceedings, for the purposes of enforcing the judgment.

Judgment was handed down in the last week of 2022, with the result being a success against TMK. At present, whilst the case involving TMK is technically live, there has been no action by the claimants since judgment in this jurisdiction.

Related coverage: ‘Colombia Chapecoense plane crash: What we know’ BBC News. Read more.

‘Chapecoense crash: Grief, resentment and unanswered questions – five years on from tragedy without end’ The Times. Read more.

‘Class Action/Mass Torts: Podhurst Orseck Team Leads $844M Plane Crash Settlement’. Read more.