Fook United Airlines

[MrPrena]

This guy apparently has an odd history.

United passenger who was dragged from plane says he's still in the hospital

Nice find.
Now his POTENTIAL civil settlement just had a HUGE haircut. lol

[brutal]

Nice find.
Now his POTENTIAL civil settlement just had a HUGE haircut. lol

Unlikely, not relevant to the action at hand if he had a clean bill of health so to speak. United will not likely be able to use it.

Doubt this one will see the light of day in court.

[Graves]

Unlikely, not relevant to the action at hand if he had a clean bill of health so to speak. United will not likely be able to use it.

Doubt this one will see the light of day in court.

This.

[Martinjmpr]

Nice find.
Now his POTENTIAL civil settlement just had a HUGE haircut. lol

Who would he even sue though? And for what?

I haven't watched the whole video but if he suffered injuries wasn't it at the hands of the police, and not United? Which means he would have to sue the police - who of course have qualified immunity.

Unless United just wants to pay him "hush money" to go away I don't see that anything they did was actionable. If the rules allow them to bump passengers then they are allowed to bump passengers and their liability is limited to paying whatever the statutorily required amount is.

A "police brutality" (Section 1983) claim against the PD is always possible, I suppose, but I don't see United being a part of that.

[CS1983]

Who would he even sue though? I haven't watched the whole video but if he suffered injuries wasn't it at the hands of the police, and not United? Which means he would have to sue the police - who of course have qualified immunity.

Unless United just wants to pay him "hush money" to go away I don't see that anything they did was actionable. If the rules allow them to bump passengers then they are allowed to bump passengers and their liability is limited to paying whatever the statutorily required amount is.

A "police brutality" (Section 1983) claim against the PD is always possible, I suppose, but I don't see United being a part of that.

Was it police or airport rent-a-cops?

[Martinjmpr]

Was it police or airport rent-a-cops?

Do they even have those anymore? I would think that if a job requires putting hands on people then most likely it would be actual, sworn police officers. Either Chicago PD, Transit Cops, TSA or Air Marshals.

[CS1983]

Do they even have those anymore? I would think that if a job requires putting hands on people then most likely it would be actual, sworn police officers. Either Chicago PD, Transit Cops, TSA or Air Marshals.

Chicago Department of Aviation security officers, whatever the hell those are...

http://kfor.com/2017/04/11/security-...united-flight/

[00tec]

Do they even have those anymore? I would think that if a job requires putting hands on people then most likely it would be actual, sworn police officers. Either Chicago PD, Transit Cops, TSA or Air Marshals.

Chicago Department of Aviation security officers

[davsel]

Good article considering the distinction between "Denied Boarding Compensation" and "Refusal to Transport."
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/unit...ing-passenger/

[CS1983]

Good article considering the distinction between "Denied Boarding Compensation" and "Refusal to Transport."
http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/unit...ing-passenger/

And... would a cop really have qualified immunity in the (thus) illegal enforcement of illegal activity on the part of the airline?