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LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal judge on Wednesday approved a $13.55 million settlement of a lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and three other companies by two soldiers who were hurt in a 2003 Army helicopter crash in Iraq.
The product liability lawsuit claimed that a gear box on an AH-64 Apache Longbow failed during a maintenance flight in Tikrit, causing the chopper to plunge 800 feet.
Former Chief Warrant Officer Juan Beltran, 34, Los Angeles, was left a quadriplegic, lost a finger and had severe head injuries. The crash shattered the spine of Chief Warrant Officer Ron Carnes, 34. He can walk but his movement is restricted, although he continues to serve in the Army, said Kevin Boyle, an attorney who represented both men.
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