United Passenger Files Suit

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

The lawyer for the passenger who was violently expelled from a United Airlines flight said Thursday that he is preparing a lawsuit for the incident that has involved the airline in a huge scandal.

Lawyer Thomas Demetrio, recognized for his experience in aviation cases, explained in a press conference that his client, Dr. David Dao, suffered a “concussion, broke his nose, lost two front teeth and his sinuses were damaged, so it will have to be operated to rebuild the affected areas”.

Accompanied by the doctor's daughter, Crystal Dao Pepper, the lawyer revealed that he is preparing a lawsuit against United Airlines to be filed in Chicago, at one of whose airports the incident occurred. "We want dignity, that's all," he stressed. "My client is 69 years old and was not a threat to anyone."

After the press conference, the airline released a statement in which it expressed its "sincere apologies" to Dr. Dao for the way in which he was forced to leave on Sunday the flight that was to take him from Chicago to Louisville, KY, his city. of residence.

The doctor's wife, who was accompanying him on the flight, was "visibly affected," another passenger, Joya Griffin Cummings, told People.

As explained, Dr. Teresa Dao was sitting in the row behind her husband and followed him when they took him by force. Then she returned to collect her luggage. "I wasn't crying but I was definitely touched."