Lawyers are circling. I believe Kobe was renting the helicopter that he formerly owned. The company that owned it will be declaring bankruptcy very soon.
His estate is worth half a billion or more. Anybody suing will probably go after that since that is way more than a bankrupt helicopter company has.
They had to have some type of liability insurance. Maybe someone here has more knowledge of the type of coverages are required. I curious as to what their “per occurrence” payouts are as flight operations are generally touted to be safer for passengers than automobile accidents on a per trip/mile basis.