'Tis the season for cramped airplanes—and lawsuits.
Luggage falling on heads and hot tea spilling in laps are just some of the routine incidents on today's flights that sometimes end up in injury suits. Plaintiffs lawyers say it's only getting worse, particularly as airlines aim to put more people on board with less room.
"The airlines are shrinking the inside of the cabin, pushing people together and increasing stress and causing an environment where there's a potential for injury and problems," said Timothy Loranger, a shareholder at Baum Hedlund Aristei Goldman.
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Amanda Bronstad
Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
