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Tue, Nov 17, 2009

DJ AM Plane Crash Co-Pilot Wrongful Death Case Settled

But Celebrity's Estate Still Plans Legal Action

One lawsuit over a plane crash which killed the co-pilot and caused multiple burn injuries to Adam Goldstein, who was better known as "DJ AM" has been settled in South Carolina. The family of the co-pilot James Bland will receive a half-million dollars.

Bland and three others including the pilot were killed when the Learjet they were flying went down shortly after takeoff from an airport near Columbia, South Carolina. Goldstein and Travis Barker, formerly a drummer with the group "Blink-182" survived the crash with second and third degree burns, but eventually recovered.

Goldstein was found dead in his apartment weeks after he had reportedly recovered from his injuries. Some said Post-Traumatic Stress and survivors guilt may have caused him to take an overdose of drugs. He had sued the companies who owned and chartered the aircraft for pain and suffering, and his estate has now filed wrongful death charges, even though his death was ruled accidental.

TMZ reports The amended suit in L.A. County Superior Court stated that DJ AM was "forced to take various drugs for the burns and emotional distress he suffered as a result of the crash."

The estate is suing Goodyear Tire, Global Exec. Aviation, Inter Travel & Services Inc., Pem Group, Inc., and Learjet, as well as the estates of the two pilots who were killed in the crash.

FMI: www.lasuperiorcourt.org

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