Greene, Broillet, Panish & Wheeler, LLP Resolves 13 Lawsuits Against Singapore Airlines for Crash of Flight SQ006.

LOS ANGELES -- All thirteen of the lawsuits of Greene, Broillet, Panish & Wheeler's clients that were pending in the United States District Court (Los Angeles) against Singapore Airlines arising out of the October 31, 2000 crash of Flight SQ006 at Chiang Kai Shek International Airport have been resolved. Twelve of the cases were settled for confidential amounts; and only the Estate of Pramod Poddar vs. Singapore Airlines remains and is pending before a Singapore tribunal. The Plaintiffs were represented by Brian J. Panish, Browne Greene, Geoffrey Wells and Kevin Boyle (see Editor's Note below).

Two of the cases went to trial in the United States. In Linke vs. Singapore Airlines, a confidential settlement was reached immediately following the Plaintiff's and Defendant's opening statements to the jury. In Wu vs. Singapore Airlines, Greene, Broillet lawyers Brian Panish and Kevin Boyle tried the case to a $15 million jury verdict. Singapore Airlines admitted to liability prior to the start of both the Linke and the Wu trials.

Pramod Poddar was one of the passengers on board Singapore Airlines' Flight SQ006 who was killed. His widow and two children filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Singapore Airlines in the United States, but the Defendant contested the venue and the Judge ruled that the case should be tried in Singapore. The Plaintiff has challenged this ruling, and in early 2005 will argue to persuade the appellate court that the case should be tried in the United States. The difference in venues is that in the United States, Singapore Airlines admitted to the Court that the pilot of its Flight SQ006 used the wrong runway which caused the Boeing 747-400 passenger jet to crash (killing 83 people and injuring 64 others); but yet the airline refuses to admit liability before the Court in Singapore.

"Singapore Airlines continues to manipulate the legal system in order to avoid reaching an equitable settlement with the Poddar family," said Brian J. Panish. "Its behavior is hard to understand especially since Singapore Airlines has already paid on the claims of all of our other clients. We want Singapore Airlines' executives to know that just as we stood behind the Wu family, we stand firmly behind the Poddar family and will do what it takes to make sure that justice is served - whether it's in our country or theirs."

Editor's Note: All 14 of the below cases were filed by Greene, Broillet, Panish & Wheeler, LLP in the United States District Court (Los Angeles) as follows:

Cases handled by Brian J. Panish and Kevin Boyle:

  Estate of Janardhan Volam vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-1753 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Neelima Vuppala vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-1751 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Akash Volam vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-1756 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Janardhan Volam vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-09069 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Surya Narayana Marellapudi v. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-1755 GAF (Rcx)

  Estates of Ching Ying Wu and Richard Tzuen Ren Wu vs.
   Singapore Airlines, Case No. CV-01-1752 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Nan Shann Chuang vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-1754 GAF (Rcx)

  Varaprasad Somasekhara Koppaka and Rama Koppaka vs. Singapore
   Airlines, Case No. CV-01-1750 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Frank Wm Zee vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-02748 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Jenny Yeh-Hsun Dwan vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. CV-01-02749 GAF (Rcx)

  Estate of Pramod Poddar vs. Singapore Airlines,
   Case No. BC 260574 and CV-01-10333 GAF (Rcx)

  Harald Linke vs. Singapore Airlines, Case No. CV-01-09104 GAF (Rcx)


Cases handled by Browne Greene, Brian J. Panish, Geoffrey Wells and
 Kevin Boyle:

  Ralph vs. Singapore Airlines, Case No. CV-01-1938 GAF (Rcx)

  Reed vs. Singapore Airlines, Case No. CV-01-1936 GAF (Rcx)