Woman sues AA over fellow pax's attempt to go blind

[Keith T 2]

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/2008..._incident/9262/

 

A 21-year-old Texas woman is suing American Airlines for allegedly not protecting her from a man who masturbated near her on a recent flight.

 

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The woman's $200,000 lawsuit alleges that when she awoke on the flight to Los Angeles, she found the man masturbating and "a substantial amount of an extremely sticky substance in her hair."

 

Oh my...

 

(Was trying to be politically correct yet descriptive in the thread title. )

[Min Chun 0]

Huh..Can AA be sued because of this incident? huh..

[Mohd Hazman 0]

how come... >< got ppl masturbate in flight oso ar?so daring ah..

[Ryan Soh 3]

There is definitely something about Mary...

[Naim 6]

This is still 'aviation news', right?

 

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March 14, 2008

Woman files lawsuit against AMR because passenger next to her masturbated while she slept

 

A 21-year-old Harris County woman filed a $200,000 lawsuit against American Airlines alleging employees on a flight to Los Angeles from Dallas/Fort Worth Airport failed to protect her while she slept from another passenger who masturbated to her and ejaculated in her hair, according to a lawsuit she filed last week in Tarrant County.

 

The Harris County woman alleges employees knew of the risks associated with failing to “police the passengers to ensure that passengers do not hurt one another,” the suit states.

 

Airline officials did not return calls seeking comment. In a statement to a Houston television station last year, a spokesman said the company regretted the incident, but the flight crew took appropriate action.

 

The woman and her lawyer could not be reached for comment. The Star-Telegram does not identify victims of sexual crimes.

 

Destined for a Spring Break visit with family and friends March 19, the woman flew from Houston to DFW Airport and had settled into her seat for the last leg of flight 2074 to Los Angeles about 11 p.m., the suit states. The woman slept most of the flight, but awoke about 20 minutes before landing when the pilot announced the plane was on descent into Los Angeles. When the woman opened her eyes, she saw that an unknown man had moved into the seat next to her and was staring at her as he masturbated, the suit states.

 

The woman turned toward the window in embarrassment and in an act of nervousness began to run her fingers through her hair where she noticed “a substantial amount of an extremely sticky substance in her hair,” the suit states.

 

The woman began to cry and tried to get the attention of a flight attendant, but was unsuccessful, the suit states. Finally a passenger in the row in front of the woman comforted her and verified the semen in her hair, the suit states.

 

When the plane landed, employee called airport police and the man was arrested.

 

The suit alleges that the during the investigation, American Airlines employees told police they witnessed the man move from his assigned seat into the row where the woman was sleeping.

 

The woman is seeking punitive damages and a jury trial.

 

-- Melissa Vargas

 

http://startelegram.typepad.com/sky_talk/2...-files-law.html

 

 

[Mohd Azizul Ramli 2]

Double thread. http://www.malaysianwings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8551

 

Please check before simply posting.

[Naim 6]

Double thread. http://www.malaysianwings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=8551

 

Please check before simply posting.

 

Sorry bos. Me no time to read all threads. Will make same mistake in future.

 

 

 

[Louis L. 2]

pitty her , but sometime there are this kind of crazy ppl , anyway , how she call for help ?? shouted ???

[Azuddin 1]

a 21 years old from Harris County, could have been my Neighbor or former college classmate

 

Azuddin

[Rozhan 0]

Perhaps not many know this but a mentally unstable man went around totally naked around KLIA's MTB check-in counters (near SIA's) and walked around to the exit nearby MAS' counters. This happened in 2006 if I recall correctly. He went about half of the huge place and MAHB security personnel could only watch, not knowing exactly what to do! Waiting passengers were shocked and actually stared at the person. Eventually 2 security personnel with some pieces of cloth rushed to the man who was already outside the hall... not sure what happened next.

 

I was there and witnessed it all as I just arrived from KBR and wandered around the departure hall to buy some things at one of the shops. I was startled and forgot to record the situation with my camera. He walked past by a few feet but I did not realize he was stark naked at that time until I heard some hush noise around and people staring at my direction.

[Azman MN 1]

(Was trying to be politically correct yet descriptive in the thread title. )

 

good one!

[Simon 3]

This type of case happen anytime anywhere.

 

That was a case happened in a golf course swimming pool. The lifeguard masturbated beside the pool and was caught by the members.

 

In this AA case, why the woman not suing the guy who masturbated?

Edited March 22, 2008 by Simon

[BC Tam 2]

In this AA case, why the woman not suing the guy who masturbated?

Possibly because the primary consideration being which party (AA or 'offender') is realistically more able to afford the monetary settlement demanded, not who the culprit is !!

[Jessnor Arif 1]

Hmm IMO there's no case for AA.

[Wilber Tan 0]

naked guy quite lots in kuching last time...wonder where have they gone...

hehe..

 

by the way, the FA do nothing about it??

[H Azmal 0]

a substantial amount of an extremely sticky substance in her hair

 

hey, how come she's sure it's not yoghurt or something? Hahahah

[Simon 3]

hey, how come she's sure it's not yoghurt or something? Hahahah

She must have smell it