The great aviation pioneer, who died of typhoid fever in 1912 at age 45, spent his last years enmeshed in bitter litigation with rival Glenn Curtiss. “Wilbur did not survive the litigation. In an official history [of intellectual property law firm Fish & Neave, the firm’s resident historian Albert E.] Fey wrote, ‘In the interest of full disclosure, I must tell you that the Wright Brothers case went on for so long it may have killed Wilbur in the process. A little known fact is that we dragged him to Boston for a deposition, where he became ill. He never recovered.'” (James V. Grimaldi, “After Historic Flight, Wrights Went to Court”, Washington Post, Sept. 21(via Ernie the Attorney who got it from Dennis Kennedy)(& welcome Law.com readers)
Did a lawsuit kill Wilbur Wright?
The great aviation pioneer, who died of typhoid fever in 1912 at age 45, spent his last years enmeshed in bitter litigation with rival Glenn Curtiss. “Wilbur did not survive the litigation. In an official history [of intellectual property law firm Fish & Neave, the firm’s resident historian Albert E.] Fey wrote, ‘In the interest […]
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