ADVERTISEMENT High Court Won't Hear Suit Over Fatal F-16 Crash In Gulf Law360 (June 1, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT) -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to review a lawsuit alleging that a military contractor's negligence caused the death of a pilot when his F-16 jet crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, letting stand an Eleventh Circuit decision holding that the Death on the High Seas Act preempts claims from the pilot's widow. The justices did not state why they denied Patricia LaCourse's petition for certiorari over the death of her husband, retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Matthew LaCourse, against PAE Worldwide Inc.