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As much as I'd like to say he should be liable, there's just no way.
I'm not sure if you all read it, but it's clearly stated in the article: Once helicopters are cleared into an area, it's their responsibility to communicate and avoid other aircraft. They collided; it was miscommunication, machismo, or both. It's not the asshole in the car's fault that news stations put the bottom dollar so high up on a pedestal that pilots acted recklessly.
The pilots, on review of the tapes to see that they weren't communicating properly, should be civilly liable to the families of the cameramen. The only way I don't see this being their fault, is if they were cruising at close proximity and a sudden gust of wind threw one into the other. I doubt that could be. They put themselves at risk for ratings, and lost. Sucks, but not the chase guy's fault.
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