California, Cerritos, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.c.

Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, P.C. is recognized as a preeminent plaintiff firm that handles serious personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits across the nation arising from accidents around the world. The firm focuses its practice on commercial transportation accidents involving airline, general aviation, bus, train and commercial trucking. The firm also exposes and litigates defective pharmaceutical products, obtaining compensation for innocent victims when duties are neglected or willfully disregarded. The firm has successfully represented hundreds of individuals and thousands of class claimants from every state in the United States and 5 of the 7 continents. Attorneys of Baum Hedlund have served on 17 Plaintiffs' Steering Committees in mass tort litigation, 11 of which were for major airline crashes and the others for drug product liability, general aviation, train and faulty construction mass tort litigation. The firm's commercial transportation litigation department has handled over 500 airline and general aviation accident cases against all the major airlines and manufacturers and more than 230 commercial trucking, train and bus accident cases across the nation. Our drug product liability litigation department has handled thousands of antidepressant product liability cases including suicide cases, birth defect cases and various other injuries, and many other wrongful death and personal injury cases from many other types of drugs, such as, Avandia, Digitek and Heparin. Our firm has the longest track record of any law firm in the country handling SSRI-antidepressant cases. Our law firm was established more than 30 years ago and has offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. We have represented victims of serious personal injury and wrongful death for over 20 years. Such litigation involves complex evidence and choice of law issues which have been routinely handled by the firm in both state and federal courts. Many of our attorneys have delivered CLE accredited lectures on the complexities of mass tort litigation. The firm's staff includes attorneys with varied backgrounds which offer a unique combination of skills that are particularly helpful when addressing pilot errors, defective products and transportation safety. Two of our attorneys have pilot experience: former Adjunct Aviation Accident Law Professor, Ronald L. M. Goldman, is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney, certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Certified Trial Advocate and has been practicing law for over 40 years. Ron has been a private pilot for over 25 years. John Greaves is an airline-transport pilot that flew as a captain of a major airline. He has represented hundreds of victims in 35 airline disasters. Paul Hedlund has a degree in mechanical engineering and Ilyas Akbari has a bioengineering degree. In addition to Ronald Goldman, Clark Aristei and Nicole Maldonado were also law professors prior to joining Baum Hedlund. Many of the firm's attorneys have delivered Continuing Legal Education accredited lectures on the complexities of mass tort litigation. Many attorneys in the firm have maintained the highest attorney peer-review rating and are listed in such publications as Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Aviation Counsel Magazine's list of Recommended High Flyers, believed by the International Air Transport Association's Legal Dept. to be one of the most elite lists of aviation law practitioners ever produced, Marquis Who's Who in the World, Marquis Who's Who in America and Marquis Who's Who in American Law, among others, which inclusion is solely based on merit alone. The firm's long history of educational and professional excellence continues with its approach to the cases it is entrusted to handle. The following is a partial listing of accidents and incidents in which the firm has represented victims:. Kemper Aviation Charter Flight, near Indiantown, Florida, 2008. United Airlines Flight 1028, Dive over Nevada, 2008. Classic Helicopter Corp., Charter Flight, near Easton, Washington, 2007. Comair Flight 5191, Lexington, Kentucky, 2006. Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, Midway International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, 2005. Heli USA Airways Helicopter Tour, Kauai, Hawaii, 2005. Metrolink Train Collision/Derailment, near Glendale, California, 2005. Jack Harter Helicopters Tour, Kauai, Hawaii, 2003. U.S. Airways Express/Air Midwest at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, North Carolina, 2003. American Airlines, Belle Harbor/Queens, New York, 2002. American Airlines into North Tower World Trade Center, New York, New York, 2001. United Airlines, into South Tower World Trade Center, New York, New York, 2002. American Airlines into Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, 2001. United Airlines near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 2001. Amtrak Derailment near Corning, Iowa, 2001. Singapore Airlines, Taipei, Taiwan, 2000. Southwest Airlines, Burbank, California, 2000. Alaska Airlines, near Pt. Mugu, California, 2000. EgyptAir, near Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, 1999. Northern Air, Arusha, Tanzania, 1999. American Air, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1999. Swissair, near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, 1998. Korean Air, Agana, Guam, 1997. Airborne Express (ABX), near Narrows, Virginia, 1996. United Express Runway Collision, Quincy, Illinois, 1996. TWA Explosion, near East Moriches, New York, 1996. ValuJet Airlines, near Miami, Florida, 1996. Amtrak/MARC collision, Silver Spring, Maryland, 1996. American Airlines, near Cali, Colombia, 1995. Atlantic Southeast Airlines, near Carrollton, Georgia, 1995. USAir, near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1994. Amtrak Train Derailment, near Batavia, New York, 1994. USAir, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994. Apartment Collapse, Northridge, California Earthquake, 1994. Northwest Airlink, Hibbing, Minnesota, 1993. British Tour Bus, Faversham, England, 1993. Skydive Long Island, East Moriches, New York, 1993. China Eastern Airlines, Shemya, Alaska, 1993. Taca Airlines, Guatemala, 1993. U.S. Air Force Bus, Thousand Oaks, California, 1993. Amtrak Train Derailment, Saraland, Alabama, 1993. American Stage Lines Tour Bus, Grays Harbor, Washington, 1993. Cancun Tour Bus, Mexico, 1993. Hawaii Helicopters, Maui, 1992. TWA Jet Fire, JFK Airport, New York, 1992. Perris Valley Skydivers, Perris, California, 1992. Adventure Airlines, Grand Canyon, Arizona, 1992. USAir, Flushing, New York, 1992. CommutAir (USAir) Airlines, Saranac Lake, New York, 1992. Girl Scouts Bus, Palm Springs, California, 1991. Amtrak Train, Camden, South Carolina, 1991. Tropic Air, Belize, 1991. United Airlines, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1991. USAir/Skywest Airlines, Los Angeles, 1991. Aeroperlas Air, Panama City, Panama, 1990. Hot Air Balloon Tour, Phoenix, Arizona, 1990. Northwest Airlines Runway Collision, Detroit, 1990. Building Collapse, San Francisco Earthquake, 1989. Grand Canyon Airlines, Phoenix Arizona, 1989. United Airlines, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989. Scenic Air Tours Airline, Hawaii, 1989. Hatchie River Bridge Collapse, Covington, Tennessee, 1989. Three Rivers Boat Regatta Disaster, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1988. Delta Airlines, Dallas, Texas, 1988. Ford Motor Company School Bus, Carrollton, Kentucky, 1988. Continental Express, Durango, Colorado, 1988. Northwest Airlines, Detroit, 1987. Amtrak/Conrail Train Collision, Chase, Maryland, 1987. Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1986. Arrow Air, Gander, Newfoundland, 1985. Drug Product Liability Cases. Actavis Totowa LLC: Digitek injuries. Alpha Therapeutic, Armour Pharmaceutical Co., Baxter Healthcare Corp, Bayer Corp., Cutter Biologicals: Hemophiliacs infected by HIV contaminated plasma products causing injury and death. Baxter Healthcare Corp., Covidien Inc., Scientific Protein Labs: Heparin injuries. Ciba-Geigy: Ritalin injuries. Dalkon Shield: Contraceptive intrauterine device (IUD) injuries. Eli Lilly: Prozac birth defects; Prozac suicides and suicide attempts; Fialuridine (FIAU) experimental hepatitis B drug injuries. Forest Labs: Lexapro/Celexa birth defects; Lexapro/Celexa suicides and suicide attempts. GlaxoSmithKline / SmithKline Beecham: Paxil birth defects; Paxil suicides and suicide attempts; Paxil personal injury litigation (MDL-1574); Avandia heart attacks and strokes. Marion Merrell Dow/Richardson-Merrell: MER/29 (triparanol) birth defects, side effects (Ron Goldman handled before joining Baum Hedlund). Merck: Vytorin Consumer Fraud Cases; Vioxx cases. Oclassen: Fialuridine (FIAU) experimental hepatitis B drug injuries. Pfizer: Zoloft birth defects; Zoloft suicides and suicide attempts. Schering-Plough: Vytorin Consumer Fraud Cases; Faulty asthma inhalers. Sigma Aldrich: Injuries from vaccines containing Thimerosal. Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc: Luvox injuries. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc: Effexor birth defects. Members of the firm have served or currently serve appointments to the following Plaintiffs' Steering Committees and Trial Teams:. Trial Team, Brumfield v. Tyson Foods, Truck Accident, Ohio, 2006. Trial Team, Butler v. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., LAFD Medical Rescue Helicopter Crash, Los Angeles, 2006. Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee Member, Glendale Metrolink Derailment Cases, Glendale California, 2004. Member and Lead Counsel, Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-1574, Paxil Products Liability Litigation. Trial Team Member, 2003, Airborne Charter Inc./Avjet, Aspen, Colorado, 2001. Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, September 11, 2001 Tort Litigation. Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, MDL-1448, American Airlines 587 Crash, Belle Harbor (Queens), New York, 2001. Plaintiffs' Executive Committee, MDL-13394, Singapore Airlines SQ 006 Crash at Taipei, Taiwan, 2000. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, MDL-00-1343-CAL, Alaska Airlines Crash, off Point Mugu, California, 2000. Trial Counsel, Consolidated Hemophilia-AIDS Cases, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1999. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Atlantic Southeast Airlines Crash, near Carrollton, Georgia, 1995. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Northridge Meadows Apartment Collapse, Northridge California Earthquake, 1994. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Illinois State Court Proceedings for USAir 427 Aircrash near Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, 1994. Trial Counsel, USAir 1016 Aircrash at Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, USAir 1016 Aircrash at Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Fialuridine Product Liability Cases, Washington, D.C. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Perris Skydivers Crash, Perris, California, 1992. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Prozac Product Liability Cases, Indianapolis, Indiana. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, Northwest Airlines Crash, Detroit, Michigan, 1990. Trial Counsel, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989. Plaintiffs' Steering Committee, United Airlines Crash, Sioux City, Iowa, 1989. Some helpful web links:. US Airline Accidents. Private Accidents. International Accidents. Accident Causes. Airplane Fatalities. Helicopter Accidents. Sightseeing Tour Accidents. Charter Accidents. Air Ambulance Accidents. Truck Accident Litigation. Driver Fatigue. Speeding. Truck Accident Fatalities. Catastrophic Injuries. Construction Zone Accidents. Weather Related Accidents. Pedestrian Accidents. Truck Industry Laws

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