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24-05-2024, 06:42 PM
By Nicole Acosta
Published on May 22, 2024 04:32PM EDT
Attorneys for American Airlines claimed in a court filing this week that a 9-year-old who was allegedly filmed by a flight attendant’s hidden phone in an airplane bathroom is to blame for the incident.
In response to the amended civil lawsuit filed in Travis County, Texas, on April 20, and brought by the family of the 9-year-old girl, attorneys for the company suggested in a Monday, May 20, filing that the unnamed alleged victim was at fault since she should have been aware that she was being recorded while using the bathroom during a January 2023 flight from Austin, Texas, to Los Angeles, Calif.
"Any injuries or illnesses alleged to have been sustained by Plaintiff, Mary Doe, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s own fault and negligence, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device,”
https://people.com/american-airlines-fli...ld-8652525
Published on May 22, 2024 04:32PM EDT
Attorneys for American Airlines claimed in a court filing this week that a 9-year-old who was allegedly filmed by a flight attendant’s hidden phone in an airplane bathroom is to blame for the incident.
In response to the amended civil lawsuit filed in Travis County, Texas, on April 20, and brought by the family of the 9-year-old girl, attorneys for the company suggested in a Monday, May 20, filing that the unnamed alleged victim was at fault since she should have been aware that she was being recorded while using the bathroom during a January 2023 flight from Austin, Texas, to Los Angeles, Calif.
"Any injuries or illnesses alleged to have been sustained by Plaintiff, Mary Doe, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s own fault and negligence, were proximately caused by Plaintiff’s use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device,”
https://people.com/american-airlines-fli...ld-8652525
