Milan crash claims

Hearings have commenced on the injury and death claims arising from the October 2001 crash of Scandinavian Airlines MD-87 on take-off from Milan’s Linate airport. 118 died leading to around 300 separate civil suits, damages sought averaging around €1mn per family plus an additional €500,000 for agreement not to bring action in the US. The aim is to assign compensation to the bereaved families before liability determined but if agreement is not forthcoming then full court hearing will begin in January.