The wife of a Connecticut man who died in last month's collision between a passenger jet and a military helicopter near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan National Airport has filed what are believed to be the first legal claims over the crash that killed 67 people.
The claims by Rachel Crafton were filed Tuesday against the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Army, with each seeking $250 million for alleged wrongdoing that led to the collision and death of Casey Crafton, 40, of Salem, Connecticut, according to her Chicago-based lawyer, Robert Clifford.
