The firm represented victims from the Swissair 111 disaster and Lee Kreindler was appointed as chair of the plaintiffs ' committee . The cases were consolidated in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and assigned to Chief Judge Giles , who oversaw the litigation and mediated the cases . Swissair ultimately settled , offering compensation in a move described by news sources such as the BBC as ' unprecedented '
Swissair 111 disaster
Swissair Flight 111
Kreindler & Kreindler