i personally feel there is an accepted risk taken when you fly in a helicopter.
as well as ride a bike, walk the dog and blast into space on a rocket.
but thats because i have common sense.
unfortunately not everyone has it.
what you can never accept is negligence on the part of someone else that increases the standard risk.
if negligence applies, you need the court and the experts to rule on that.
the only way to do that is proceed with a lawsuit.
imagine the same scenario from both sides....pilot pushes weather and crashes. or the passenger pushing the pilot to fly in same weather...we really have no idea how this one went down....facts in court would be the only way.
I dont fault the victims of this accident, from either camp for pushing this into the courtroom.
It wont be a picnic for anyone, the only winners in the end are the lawyers.