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April 22, 2006
Unruly Passenger Awarded Massive Fortune for Being Iranian
You'd better have an air sickness bag on hand before you read this one:
In 2003 Samantha Carrington, a U.S. citizen born in Iran, caused enough of a disturbance aboard a Southwest Airlines flight that she was arrested. Although charges against her were dropped the next day, Carrington smelled money and hired a lawyer. The idea, of course, was to claim she was being put upon for looking Middle Eastern in the tense period following September 11.
A jury awarded her $27.5 million.
If your airline ticket seems a little pricey, and if people who come from a part of the world that exports a great deal of terrorism get extra special treatment and less scrutiny than they should, thank trial lawyers and the vicious, irresponsible juries they persuade to do their bidding — and don't forget the Democratic Party, which in exchange for massive contributions prevents our utterly insane tort system from being reformed.
Posted by Van Helsing at April 22, 2006 8:29 PM
Comments
Please tell me Southwest is going to appeal this!
Listen, while I disagree with Southwest's policy regarding us fat people, I DO greatly admire this airline's spirit and management. Besides, I can always catch a flight back home to Chicago on short notice for less than $250.
Having said that, I would be greatly disappointed if SWA simply rolled over on this ridiculous judgement.
Eric in Hollywood
Posted by: HollywodNeoCon at April 23, 2006 12:14 PM
The terrorist do not have to destroy america, it
will be destroyed from with in by plated headed democrats and their supporters. good example here
awardinng this nut and her trip and fall lawyer
27.5 million dollars, if I owned the company I would bank rup before I would pay that nut that money.
Posted by: gene at April 24, 2006 11:12 AM
