Why Us?

In 1983, a Soviet MIG shot down Korean Air flight KAL 007 after it had wandered off course deep into Soviet territory during its flight from New York to Seoul, Korea. History records this incident as second closest the USA and the Soviet Union came to starting World War III, behind only the Cuban Missile crisis.

After interviewing numerous U.S. law firms, the families of 89 of the 102 Koreans who died in this disaster chose Herrmann Law Group to represent them. Charles Herrmann's role in winning the case was portrayed in the HBO movie Tailspin and featured in the book Death of Flight 007.

In 1997, Korean Airlines crashed its flight KE 801 into Nimitz Hill while trying to land at Agana, Guam in bad weather. Approximately half of the passengers survived the initial impact only to burn to death in the ensuing fire. There were a handful of survivors. The victims came together to select a committee and chairman. They screened all the U.S. aviation firms until they selected 10 firms to make presentations. After the presentations, 56 families chose our firm. The second biggest group any law firm had was 14. We recovered in excess of $92,000,000.00.

In 2002, China Airlines flight CI 611 disintegrated over the Straight of Taiwan during a flight from Taipei, Taiwan to Hong Kong, China. Our investigation revealed that the plane came apart as a result of faulty repairs at the direction of Boeing, the company that had built the plane. All people on board were killed. Like the Koreans, the Taiwanese came together to form a group to interview all the U.S. lawyers interested in representing them. All but a handful of the victims chose our law firm to represent them; recovering in excess of $26 million U.S. dollars.

Also, in 2002, China Air flight CA 129 from Beijing crashed into a mountain while attempting to land at Busan, Korea. 86 of the 97 victims chose us to represent them. The case was concluded before the Supreme Court of Korea and we obtained a judgment several times the amount that Korean courts have traditionally awarded for wrongful deaths and personal injuries totaling more than $23 Million.

On March 6, 2019, the Herrmann Law Group filed a lawsuit against The Boeing Company in the United States on behalf of the families of 17 victims of the deadly crash involving a Boeing 737-8 Max shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia on October 29, 2018. We are now representing the families of 46 victims. We will prove that Boeing, not only provided defective equipment on a brand new 737 MAX, but also driven by market competition, Boeing intentionally concealed new computer program from pilots to avoid expensive, but necessary training costs.

On March 10, 2019, a brand-new Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed because of defective equipment. Shortly thereafter, the Boeing aircraft was grounded worldwide. The equipment failure and circumstances of the Ethiopian Airlines crash are highly similar to the equipment failure and crash of Lion Air JT 610. We represent the families of 4 victims.

On January 9, 2021, Sriwijaya Airlines flight SJ 182 crashed into the Java Sea killing all 62 people onboard. It was less than 5 minutes and a dozen miles after takeoff from the Jakarta airport. The triggering cause of this air crash was a stuck autothrottle (A/T) thrust lever on the right engine which created asymmetrical thrust as the pilots attempted to cut throttles upon reaching altitude. We represent 24 victim families.