Kobe Bryant’s Widow Takes Aim at ‘Procedural Ploy’ in Crash Suit

Vanessa Bryant wants to toss claims against air traffic controllers in the litigation over her husband’s death, arguing that the helicopter company she is suing brought the controllers into the case solely to deprive her of having the case in a state court.

Bryant, the widow of Kobe Bryant, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for Central District of California to dismiss claims by helicopter operator Island Express Helicopters Inc. against air traffic controllers in litigation over Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash, arguing the company only named them to force removal of the case to federal court. Involving the ...