Plane Crazy: Screaming child lands Qantas in court after sending woman deaf
It can be a traveller's great fear - sitting near a screaming child on a passenger plane. And if your an American, apparently an excuse to sue.
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Qantas is doing the right thing and fighting the lawsuit claiming she had a pre-existing condition, which does not take a doctor to figure out. I hope they go the distance and countersue… the attorney.
Source: Plane Crazy: Screaming child lands Qantas in court after sending woman deaf
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The boy allegedly leaned back over his armrest toward Ms Barnard and let out a scream so severe that blood erupted from her ears, leaving her "stone cold deaf". No other passengers were injured. Ms Barnard was helped off the plane and taken to an Alice Springs hospital, ruining her trip that began in Brisbane and Cairns, and after Alice Springs and a visit to Uluru, was scheduled to take her to Darwin, Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Christchurch and Queenstown. Ms Barnard has been locked in a legal tussle with Qantas for more than a year, with the 67-year-old claiming she suffered severe and permanent injuries, including sudden sensio-neural hearing loss, from the child's scream and sought damages for physical and mental suffering, medical expenses and loss of impairment of earning capacity. |
Qantas is doing the right thing and fighting the lawsuit claiming she had a pre-existing condition, which does not take a doctor to figure out. I hope they go the distance and countersue… the attorney.
Source: Plane Crazy: Screaming child lands Qantas in court after sending woman deaf
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