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 Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:48 pm Post subject: Speaking of frivolous lawsuites |
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Don't know where this came from, but credit goes to the author whomever
they are.
Woman Sues JetBlue Over Request For Larger Airsickness Bag
Sues For $5.5 Million After Bumped From Flight
<http://www.aero-news.net/#>Occasionally, we'll come across a story that
makes us feel slightly queasy. Usually, those stories have to do with
user fees... but this one certainly qualifies, too.
A 73-year-old Manhattan woman is suing JetBlue, after she was allegedly
removed from a flight for asking if she could have a super-sized
airsickness bag.
If you pause to consider why a person would ask for such a container...
yeah, you're right. The New York Daily News says Phyllis Gershon was
afraid the flight back home from Burbank, CA would make her ill -- more
ill than most -- and she wanted to be prepared.
In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court this week, Gershon states
the cabin crew argued with her over her request... before pulling her
off the October flight completely.
Gershon says she told two airline employees she was already feeling
queasy. The Daily News adds she pulled out "a three-day-old, half-eaten
sandwich" to make her case. We're not exactly sure why, unless she
intended to make the cabin crew feel sick, too.
"It was a nightmare," Gershon said of the experience. "I've had
nightmares about it," adding the experience made her feel "she had been
accused of being a terrorist."
<http://www.aero-news.net/#>
The lawsuit asks for $5.5 million to help Gershon calm her nightmares.
JetBlue declined to comment on the matter.
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n395v
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| Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Speaking of frivolous lawsuites |
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Ah,
But we do not know all the facts. Maybe the airline had contracted with a "Large"barf bag company to be on standby thereby generating a liability for itself.
There must be something of merit or no lawyer would file the suit. Right?
But then we can certainly expect the jury to be fair can't we?
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