Coral Springs plane crash spurs lawsuit over pilot’s $1 million insurance policy
Windsor Bay residents, the City of Coral Springs and the Pine Tree Water Control District are headed to court to determine their shares of insurance money following a fatal November plane crash that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages and emergency service costs.
A Broward County judge will now decide how the pilot’s $1 million insurance payout will be divided among those claiming rights to it.
Alexander Wurm — whose legal first name was Martin — and his daughter Serena spent the morning of Nov. 10, 2025, loading Wurm’s Beechcraft King Air B100 with relief supplies they planned to take to Jamaica as part of a Christian relief effort following Hurricane Melissa.
According to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), Wurm did not weigh the aircraft prior to takeoff and did not properly secure portions of the cargo, which may have contributed to the tragedy.
The plane took of from Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport but entered a nosedive shortly afterward and crashed into the Windsor Bay community’s small lake. The aircraft was destroyed and neither of the Wurms survived.
Wurm’s Great American insurance policy was capped at $1 million, but costs related to the search, rescue and cleanup efforts are expected to exceed that figure, according to a complaint filed in Broward County Circuit Court on Feb. 6.
As a result, Great American requested that a Broward judge decide how best to split the money among those claiming damages, which includes the city of Coral Springs, Pine Tree Water Control District and a group of Windsor Bay residents.
A representative from Serena Wurm’s estate is also expected to join the list of those seeking payments.
According to a summons, claimants have until March 13 to explain to the court how much money they believe they are owed, and why. The case will continue forward in the weeks to follow.
