Judge clears radio personality from fault in plane collision

A federal judge has ruled that one-time WGN radio disc jockey Bob Collins wasn't at fault for a plane collision that killed him and two other people.

Instead, an air traffic controller and the Federal Aviation Administration are mostly to blame. U.S. District Court Judge John Darrah issued his opinion Friday.

The February 2000 collision in northern Illinois killed Collins, passenger Herman Luscher and student pilot Sharon Hock. Collins and Hock were trying to land at the Waukegan Regional Airport.

Robert Clifford is the attorney for Collins' widow, Christine, who had sued the FAA. Clifford says federal immunity prevents his client and the other victims' families from collecting more than the $1 million maximum insurance coverage of Midwest Air Traffic Control Services.