CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, THIS IS

"KCAL9 NEWS" OUT FOR.

SHARON: NOW AT 4:30 P.M. AS L.A.

BIDS A FINAL FAREWELL TO KOBE

BRYANT, HIS WIDOW HAS FILED A

WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, SHE SAYS

THE OWNER OF THE HELICOPTER THAT

CRASHED ON JANUARY 26 IS

RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSS OF HER

HUSBAND AND DAUGHTER.

JUAN: A LEGAL EXPERT SAYS SHE

MAY HAVE A STRONG CASE.

JOY BENEDICT IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN

L.A. WITH THE DETAILS OF THE

LAWSUIT.

REPORTER: THE LAWSUIT ITSELF

WAS FILED AT THE

BEHIND ME EARLIER TODAY, THERE

IS NO DOLLAR AMOUNT MENTIONED

WHEN

EXPERTS SAY IT COULD BE IN THE

MILLIONS.

IT WAS A HEART STOPPING SEEN ON

THE CALABASAS HILLSIDE AND NOT A

DAY DEDICATED TO GRIEVING THE

LOSS OF KOBE BRYANT AND HIS

DAUGHTER DG, VANESSA BRYANT MADE

IT CLEAR LEGALLY THEY WILL NOT

BE FORGOTTEN.

HER ATTORNEY FILED A 72 PAGE

LAWSUIT AGAINST ISLAND EXPRESS

IN THE STATE OF ITS PILOT ARA

ZOBAYAN.

AN AVIATION ATTORNEY AND A

FORMER N NAVAL PILOT, ALTHOUGH NOT

WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THIS

LAWSUIT, HE SAYS HIS ATTORNEYS

WILL HAVE TO PROVE NEGLIGENCE TO

WIN.

IS PROBABLY NOT TOO DIFFICULT

TO MAKE OUT THE CASE GIVEN THE

INFORMATION THAT WE ALREADY

HAVE.

THE NTSB ALREADY RELEASED A

DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CRASH

MOVING THE INVESTIGATION AWAY

FROM A MECHANICAL AIR AND TOWARD

THE WEATHER AND ACTIONS OF THE

PILOT.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD RADAR

INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION

INFORMATION, UNFORTUNATELY A LOT

OF INFORMATION FROM THE WRECKAGE

SCENE AS WELL.

IN THE 20 8 COUNT COMPLAINT,

BRYANT'S ATTORNEYS MAKE

NEGLIGENT CLAIMS AGAINST PILOT

COMPANY CLAIMING THE PILOT WAS

NEGLIGENT FOR FLYING ABOUT

WHETHER IN THE COMPANY ALLOWED

HIM TO OPERATE IN WHAT IT CALLS

A RISKY MEANING OF TRANSPORT.

CONSIDERING THE HELICOPTER DID

NOT HAVE APPROPRIATE WARNING

SYSTEMS FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WAS THERE NEGLIGENCE EVOLVE?

IT CERTAINLY SEEMS THAT WAY

EARLY ON AND IS PRETTY

CONSISTENT INFORMATION THAT THE

PILOT INTO THE CLOUDS WHEN HE

SHOULD NOT HAVE.

AS PURSUING THE COMPANY AND

NOT JUST THE PILOT WHO DIED IN

THE CRASH, THEY SAY THE STANDARD

BECAUSE IT WAS THE COMPANY'S JOB

TO MAKE SURE THE HELICOPTER DID

NOT CRASH.

SELECTING THE PILOT TO MAKE

SURE THEY FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES

THAT THEY TRAIN THE PILOT

PROPERLY.

ISLAND EXPRESS DECLINED TO

COMMENT ON THE CASE, THE WEBSITE

AS A STATEMENT POSTED SAYING

THEY ARE NOT FLYING, THEY SAY

THEY LIKELY WILL NOT AGAIN.

HE SAYS THIS WILL NOT BE THE

ONLY LAWSUIT EITHER.

WHATEVER INSURANCE MONEY THE

COMPANY HAS IT WILL BE HANDED

OUT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE CRASH

FIGURING OUT WHICH VICTIM GETS

WHAT WILL BE THE REAL FIGHT.

EVEN IF THERE WAS $50 MILLION

IN INSURANCE, THAT WOULD

ARGUABLY IN ALL LIKELIHOOD NOT

BE ENOUGH TO LEGALLY SATISFIED

ALL THE PLAINTIFFS.

EVEN THOUGH THIS PARTICULAR

CLAIM ASKED FOR A JURY TRIAL, HE

DOES NOT M THINK IT'LL MAKE IT

THAT FAR, HE THINK SO BE SETTLED

LONG BEFORE THAT, AND ISLAND

EXPRESS WILL SHUTDOWN WHATEVER