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Call Your Lawyer: Real Airline Lawsuits

by Mary Jo Manzanares on September 17th, 2006

Flight Attendant and writer, James Wysong, has compiled a list that he titles “10 Wacky Airline Lawsuits.”

As a Flight Attendant and a lawyer, this slice of life made me laugh out loud for any number of reasons.  Here’s a sample:

The CFO of a prominent company was upset that he didn’t get an upgrade to first class on his international flight. He then got drunk and belligerent, defecated on the serving cart and smeared feces onto the cabin walls. The airline won a suit requiring him to refund every passenger’s full-fare first class ticket. When the defendant filed a countersuit saying it was the airline’s fault for serving him too much alcohol, the case was thrown out of court. Can you imagine waking up from that hangover? “I did what?”

You just can’t make this stuff up.  Read about the other nine lawsuits here.

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