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Continental Crash at Denver Airport: Passengers likely will receive reparations
Experts say many on jet could suffer stress disorder
Rocky Mountain News
December 23, 2008
Passengers on the Continental Airlines flight that crashed Saturday night likely will get monetary compensation - even if they weren't physically injured, aviation experts and lawyers said.
"I think it would be fair to say that everyone on the plane will recover something," said Robert Lieff, an attorney in San Francisco who focuses on international aviation cases. "There is clear liability in this case, and now it's an issue of determining fair amounts of compensation."
Lieff and other aviation lawyers were hesitant to offer any estimates, cautioning that each case is different. But they say every passenger involved in an accident like Saturday's in Denver suffers some type of setback, from obvious physical injuries to severe emotional problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder.