Wolk Law Firm

[glasspilot]

So, here's a law firm that popped up on my company forums. The HMFIC is Arthur Wolk and wrote an article that a pilot at my company thought was great. It basically promoted the idea that when going into a non-towered field the pilots should, when switched over to CTAF, monitor BOTH freqs by putting the approach or center (whichever applicable) into the number two radio. The idea being that a low altitude from ATC would be missed if the pilots weren't tuned in.

Anyway, I was looking at the guys website. He lists his court cases and it's apparent that his firm alone has cost the industry into the billions. Maybe some or all of it was justified, I don't know.

I was wondering if anybody had any knowledge of this firm? I fricking hate lawyers but don't know much about them. I just know a brand new Cessna 172 shouldn't cost a penny more that a brand new Ford Taurus and I blame lawyers that they cost 10 fold more.

Anyway, here's the site.


Thanks in advance.

 

[LearLove]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Alan_Wolk

 

[Mamma]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Alan_Wolk

What a sue-happy person. Huge problem with why things are as dysfunctional and expensive in America. I'll probably get sued for saying that.

 

[embpic1]

I love this part:

Wolk has been a pilot for more than 30 years and holds an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATP) certificate for multi-engine land and sea aircraft. Wolk owned a restored Grumman F9F Panther jet fighter that he has flown in air shows throughout the country; performing low level aerobatics and formation flights.
In November 1996, Wolk broke his arm and back when he crashed a Grumman Panther warplane, which burst into flames. He later sued the National Transportation Safety Board over its report of the crash. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court, also names Honeywell International Inc. and Allied Signal Inc. as defendants, claiming they gave false information to the NTSB to avoid liability. The suit says the NTSB report contained extensive errors, including a statement that Wolk was not qualified to fly the plane. The judge dismissed the case in 2002 for failure to state a claim, and Wolk unsuccessfully appealed to the U.S. Circuit Court for the Third Circuit. Wolk then sought Supreme Court review of the decision, but the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. Wolk represented himself in the lawsuit, proving once again, only a fool represents himself in court.