No. Your rights do not hinge on the completion of an NTSB investigation of the accident that left you or a loved one injured. In fact, waiting for an investigation to end could harm your rights.
As we mentioned above, official investigations can help inform the choices you and your lawyer make about whom to pursue for compensation. However, the findings of the NTSB investigation do not necessarily serve as the last or only word on the cause of an accident or who is to blame for it. An NTSB accident report’s conclusions about the probable cause of an aviation accident are usually not admissible in a trial, for example.
Also, NTSB investigations can take years to complete. In contrast, your valuable rights to compensation may depend on you taking legal action much sooner.
For that reason, the team at The Levin Firm encourages anyone harmed by a Fort Lauderdale aviation accident to contact us as soon as possible, and not to wait for investigations to end.