Woman dies while in-flight; Airline disputes relative's tale

[AGDee]

Airline employees are simply that, airline employees. They cannot be expected to be paramedics as well. Basic first aid/CPR? Sure. Anything beyond that, it's the risk you take when you are somewhere that paramedics/911 can't respond.

If there is a lawsuit and they win, it's as ridiculous as the woman who spilled hot coffee on herself.

[jon1856]

Originally Posted by AGDee

Airline employees are simply that, airline employees. They cannot be expected to be paramedics as well. Basic first aid/CPR? Sure. Anything beyond that, it's the risk you take when you are somewhere that paramedics/911 can't respond.

If there is a lawsuit and they win, it's as ridiculous as the women who spilled hot coffee on herself.

Several links about the Mc Coffee case:
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
"The trial court subsequently reduced the punitive award to $480,000 --
or three times compensatory damages -- even though the judge called
McDonalds' conduct reckless, callous and willful.

No one will ever know the final ending to this case.

The parties eventually entered into a secret [COLOR=blue! important][COLOR=blue! important]settlement[/COLOR][/COLOR] which has never
been revealed to the public, despite the fact that this was a public
case, litigated in public and subjected to extensive media reporting.
Such secret settlements, after public trials, should not be condoned.
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excerpted from ATLA fact sheet. © 1995, 1996 by Consumer Attorneys of
California"
http://www.okbar.org/public/judges/mcdonaldsoutline.pdf