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For more than three decades, Raynes McCarty has been called upon to represent clients around the world who were injured in air crashes, by toxic drugs, in car or bus accidents, or while engaging in recreational activities.
We have guided clients and their cases through the complex maze of international law, helping them address questions such as: Where can the claim be brought? Who can be held accountable? What country's laws for damages apply? Who will tax my recovery? Raynes McCarty lawyers have been called upon by families when disaster strikes around the world—in Africa, the Indian Ocean, the North Sea off of Scotland, England, the Cayman Islands, and South America. A number of our attorneys are Fellows of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, so we have access to a worldwide network of the most respected trial lawyers. A few examples of our international cases are:
- Confidential Recovery for Families of 46 Workers Killed
in Chinook Helicopter Crash off the Coast of Scotland When
a Chinook helicopter went down off the coast of Scotland, all
46 oil riggers on board perished. Because of severely low limits
for wrongful death damages under Scottish law, the families retained
Raynes McCarty to advise them about potential claims under U.S.
law. Detailed investigation of the crash revealed a defect in
the helicopter, which had been manufactured by Delaware Valley
based Boeing-Vertol. Arthur Raynes and Harold Goodman filed suit
in Philadelphia. When we won the years-long battles over which
country's law would apply and where the cases would be heard,
the case settled in the tens of millions of dollars.
- Recovery for 1,350 Spanish Hemophiliacs Infected with HIV
virus An international pharmaceutical company distributed
a blood factor concentrate that was contaminated with the HIV
virus to hemophiliacs in Spain. Because of our success in the
thalidomide cases, Raynes McCarty was retained to represent all
infected Spaniards. After assembling a team of top Spanish legal
and medical experts, Stephen Raynes and Arthur Raynes were able
to compel a substantial settlement.
- Confidential Multimillion Dollar Recovery for Kenyan Air
Crash Four Pennsylvanians were on a trip to Kenya, Africa,
when the aircraft they were traveling in failed to climb over
a mountain range and crashed, killing all on board. To secure
a needed financial recovery for the families, jurisdiction over
the foreign travel companies needed to be established in the United
States. When American law did not appear to provide a remedy for
the families, the applicable Kenyan law was researched in the
Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. Once U.S. jurisdiction
was established, Gerald A. McHugh, Jr. set about proving the clients'
case in a philadelphia courtroom under the principles of Kenyan
law. A confidential multi-million dollar settlement was then reached.
- Demand Paid by Tour Operators for Tragic Death While
traveling through Canterbury, England, a tour bus careened off
the highway. A mother from the Delaware Valley was severely injured
and watched her daughter die. Raynes McCarty sued British Airlines,
the English bus company, and the Philadelphia travel agent in
the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. The companies tried to
move the case to the federal court in Philadelphia, a first step
toward trying to send this case, as well as the case of everyone
else hurt in the accident, to Little Rock, Arkansas. The Raynes
McCarty lawyers fought the transfer all the way to the Third Circuit
and then through appeals to the Pennsylvania Superior and Supreme
Courts. We were able to keep the case in the Philadelphia state
court rather than in Arkansas or England. After the Raynes McCarty
win, the companies settled the case for the plaintiff's demand.
- Settlement for Spanish Airlines Crash A Pennsylvania
woman perished when a Spantex Airline plane crashed as it took
off from Malaga, Spain. Raynes McCarty was asked to represent
the family; we filed suit in Pennsylvania. When Spantex lost its
battle to avoid the U.S. court system, the case was resolved for
the family.
- Policy Limits Recovery for South American Boating Accident
During a visit to a South American island, a businessman suffered
a severe injury while engaging in a water sport. Raynes McCarty
filed suit in Miami, Florida, arguing that the tour company conducted
sufficient business there to give the court power over it. When
Raynes McCarty won this battle, the insurance carrier for the
tour company was compelled to pay its entire liability insurance
policy.
- Scuba Diving Accident in Cayman Islands A southern New
Jersey businessman went scuba diving in the Cayman Islands and
drowned after his "buddy" left him during a dive. The family retained
Raynes McCarty to investigate potential claims against the "buddy"
as well as the Cayman Island scuba operator. After years of fighting
the case in the Cayman Islands, Raynes McCarty achieved the policy
limits recovery from the "buddy's" homeowners insurance and a
substantial settlement from the tour operator.
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