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Lawyer Sues Delta For $5 Million Over Missed Flight
tgdaily.com — A New York City lawyer is suing Delta Airlines for a massive $5 million after he was stranded in Paris. Thomas Mullaney says his flight back to the US was canceled back in October because of a nationwide air workers strike.He alleges that the airline wouldn ’t rebook him via the telephone and left him to fend for himself in the chaotic airport
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- imover, on 07/25/2008, -1/+10What else would you expect from a lawyer????
- leahpee, on 07/25/2008, -0/+3Well, if he wins, you'll know what Parisian hermaphrodite brothel will be getting a new massage table next week.
- doughb82, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2wow, its McDonald's hot coffee all over again. he'll win, its stupid. so he must win
- phatguy471, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1If you would actually study that specific case instead of hearing of it from the distorted mass media, you would know that the liability of that incident was with McDonalds. McDonalds was at fault because they were storing the coffee at a much higher temperature than what it should of been stored at. Being that it was at such temperature, it caused a more severe injury than an injury at a lower temperature. Mcdonalds was penalized for 2 days of coffee sales. Which may seem like a lot but the lady's medical bills were in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
I am not justifying this lawyers case to sue for that much. 5 million may be equal to the ticket sales not refunded, Who knows... There just isn't enough information in this article to determine whether this 5 million dollar case is frivolous or not.
- phatguy471, on 07/26/2008, -0/+1If you would actually study that specific case instead of hearing of it from the distorted mass media, you would know that the liability of that incident was with McDonalds. McDonalds was at fault because they were storing the coffee at a much higher temperature than what it should of been stored at. Being that it was at such temperature, it caused a more severe injury than an injury at a lower temperature. Mcdonalds was penalized for 2 days of coffee sales. Which may seem like a lot but the lady's medical bills were in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
- jnuffnuffnomnom, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2sad story, poor guy hope he gets what he is asking for. Being stranded in an airport is hellish.
- MarkusX, on 07/25/2008, -1/+2I think he's right and he should get the money.
...and so should we all.
It's something, that everybody accepts quietly, a situation everybody complains about, but nobody really does anything about it.
What the airlines are doing is called TIME THEFT. - DeskFlyer, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Here's the story about the strike that caused the dude's flight to get cancelled....looks like he should be suing Air France instead:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/10/28/2072 ... - TheCash, on 07/25/2008, -0/+2Wasn't a missed flight, it was a canceled flight, and I actually agree with the guy this time. I can understand why Delta would have a policy in place requiring certain changes be made at the ticket counter, but sometimes common sense and extenuating circumstances should override policy for the good of the customer.
What Delta did here is akin to refusing to refund a ticket after an earthquake or terrorist bomb destroyed the departing or destination airport, thus making the flight impossible. I think 5 million is a pretty ridiculous number, but when you're negotiating for payment you always start high and then dicker down till both sides agree. - Ninh, on 07/25/2008, -0/+1As a lawyer he can be expected to flap his arms and cross the atlantic under his own power.
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