At Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner Personal Injury Lawyers, you will find personal injury lawyers who are also experienced pilots with solid understanding of the complex issues surrounding aviation accidents.

   Bruce L. Scheiner, founder and senior attorney of Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, earned his private pilot's license in the 1970s.

   Associate Attorney Preston J. Scheiner is a licensed, multi-engine commercial pilot. He is also a consultant for Sterling Services, a local aircraft management corporation. His years of aviation experience have made him familiar with aircraft maintenance and safety issues as well as Federal Aviation Administration Regulations that control the complex world aviation.

   Florida is a mecca for private pilots - more than 48,000 are licensed to take to the air and enjoy the view of the state's 1,200 miles of coastline.

   In fact, Florida ranks behind only California for the state with the most licensed pilots, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. And, with more than 850 airports - 139 of them open to the public - it joins California and Texas in the top three places in the nation for recreational aircraft.

   Unfortunately, busy skies also contribute to the high number of aviation incidents and accidents - in the past five years, more than 200 people have lost their lives in more than 500 accidents - many of them right here in Southwest Florida.

   In 2007, serious or fatal airplane accidents occurred throughout the Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner coverage area in Southwest Florida, including Fort Myers, Naples, Key Largo, Sarasota, Pahokee, Okeechobee, Sebring, Venice, Marco Island, Tampa and Miami.

   If you or someone you love has been seriously injured or killed in an airplane accident you may need an attorney knowledgeable about aviation matters and the frequent contributing causes of such accidents, including pilot error, weather, incomplete or improper training, inexperience and/or equipment failure or negligence on the part of air traffic controllers, airport staff, airplane manufactures and mechanics and air traffic controllers.

We encourage you to call Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, for a free case evaluation. We can come to your home or hospital room or arrange a meeting at any of our offices in Fort Myers, Naples, Cape Coral, Arcadia, Port Charlotte, Sebring and Venice. At Associates and Bruce L. Scheiner, Personal Injury Lawyers, our promise to you is simple and straightforward: You'll pay us nothing unless we win.