US Airline To Pay $30 Million After Paralysed Man Was "Violently" Moved While Deboarding
According to the lawsuit, Mr Foster's life expectancy has decreased from 39 to 31.5 years as a result of the incident, leaving him unable to speak or eat solid foods. The airline reached a settlement on Tuesday after a one-day trial. According to a report in CBS News, United Airlines has reached a settlement with the family of a paraplegic man who suffered brain damage as a result of an event in 2019 as he was being let off the plane. Nathaniel Foster Jr.'s family members. the airline "failed to abide by the standard of care owed to disabled passengers" after a worker "aggressively" pushed his wheelchair while aiding him in deboarding. The case claims that as a result of the same, the guy experienced "significant" and permanent brain damage. The 26-year-old, who was using a wheelchair, ventilator, and tracheal tube at the time of the incident, "jerked forward and back" and slouched in his chair after it was "forcefully" pus...