Family members of four of the passengers killed in the helicopter crash that killed nine people, including Kobe Bryant, have filed two wrongful death lawsuits against the companies that owned and operated the helicopter, according to the Associated Press.
The two lawsuits follow a February lawsuit filed by Kobe Bryant’s widow Vanessa Bryant. She is suing the company that owned the Sikorsky S-76 helicopter that crashed into a Los Angeles-area hillside in January.
The latest suits were filed Sunday in a Los Angeles Superior Court against Island Express Helicopters Inc. — which operated the aircraft — and its owner Island Express Holding Corp.