JetBlue Sued For Wrongful Death

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BOSTON -- A Peabody woman is suing JetBlue Airways, accusing the discount carrier of ignoring her husband as he suffered a fatal heart attack.

Karen Fossett's suit claims her husband, 53-year-old Robert Fossett, was a passenger on a Boston-bound flight in February 2005 when another passenger saw him go into "cardiac distress" and tried to alert the crew.

The suit goes on to allege that after the plane landed in Boston, JetBlue employees determined that Mr. Fossett was unresponsive, yet fully deplaned the aircraft before providing any assistance or attempting to resuscitate him.

Fossett's widow filed the wrongful death suit in U-S District Court.

A spokeswoman for New York-based JetBlue says the airline had not yet seen the complaint and cannot comment on pending litigation.
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Wow, I would like to read additional reports on this one, that is very strange if that was indeed the crews reaction:confused:
 
Rut-Roh. . . this could be bad.

:sarcasm: ahead. . .

What do these passengers expect when they pay $80 per leg for a trip? They want to be saved from death? sheesh

end :sarcasm:

In all seriousness though, yeah. . . this could be bad, but would like more information. Could just be another sue happy widow who thinks that FA's have the power of God to save her husband and they failed her. I also would like to know what type of physical condition the husband was in. Was he obese? Did he smoke? Drink excessively? The Airline didn't cause the cardiac arrest, and the subsequent death. . .just hope the judge realizes this.
 
Contrast that with the response of a newly widowed lady on one of my flights:

At the end of deplaning one of the crew noticed an elderly couple still seated. The gentleman was leaning up against the window, eyes closed. A flight attendant asked the lady if her husband was sleeping to which she matter-of-factly answered: "No. He's dead."

Then the flight attendant called me back to check it out. When I informed the captain, who was headed out the door bags in hand, he didn't hesitate: "It's somebody else's problem now!"
 
Very interesting.

I'll bet there's a LOT more to the story than the tiny blurb above. I'd be very curious to know all the details.
 
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