Travis Barker, Adam Goldstein, Chris Baker's widow all sue Learjet

LEARJET bosses are defending claims that their company is responsible for the plane crash, which almost killed TRAVIS BARKER and ADAM 'DJ AM' GOLDSTEIN.

Barker, Goldstein and the widow of Barker's assistant CHRIS BAKER, who was among the four people killed in the wreckage, are all suing a string of companies involved in the accident.

But execs at Learjet insist the private jet firm should not be held accountable for the accident, which made headlines last September.

Papers filed in LA on 16 January read: "Learjet alleges that any and all conditions (of the aircraft)... were solely a result of the failure to properly maintain and service the aircraft."

They added that injuries suffered by passengers were "either excessive, exaggerated, unreasonable, speculative, inflated or otherwise unnecessary and/or unrelated to the alleged incident."

Travis and his pal DJ AM were the only two survivors of the tragedy.

They were both treated for second and third-degree burns and other injuries following the crash in South Carolina.

The BLINK 182 drummer's lawyer Walter J. Lack has hit back, telling US site People.com: "Learjet's lawyers get paid by the hour to regurgitate stock paragraphs from word processing programs in every case they're involved in. This case is no exception."

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DJ AM and Travis Barker Burned in Plane Crash

As you may have already heard, DJ AM and former Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker were severely burned in a plane crash which killed four other people. According to CNN.com, they both suffered second and third degree burns, Barker to the torso and lower body, and DJ AM to the head and arm. They are currently at the Joseph Still Burn Center in Augusta, Georgia.

I've worked in a Burn Unit several times during my plastic surgery training, and now occasionally take care of minor burns. Third degree burns are also known as full thickness burns, and necessitate skin grafting for the area to properly heal. Second degree burns (split thickness burns) are characterized by blistering. Depending on how they heal, second degree burns may or may not need skin grafting. Burns wounds, as you may guess, are extremely painful and often require a lengthy recovery. I don't know their exact medical details, but it sounds to me that the burns they suffered are usually not fatal. Burns like what they reportedly have, though, usually require several weeks in the hospital and several months in physical therapy.

I wish these two guys the best during their recoveries.

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