North Carolina Judge’s $50M Award Exposes Lax Safety Culture Behind Fatal Helicopter Crash

In a sobering reminder of how corporate negligence can have fatal consequences, a North Carolina state judge has ordered $50 million to be paid to the family of Jason Myers, a beloved Charlotte meteorologist who died in a helicopter crash three years ago. This landmark judgment against Total Traffic & Weather Network, iHeartCommunications, and iHeartMedia exposes preventable operational failures that led to the tragedy — and raises urgent questions about accountability and safety standards in American industries. How Could Routine Maintenance Fail So Catastrophically? The November 2022 crash of the Robinson R44 helicopter along Interstate 77 was not a freak...