Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
You mean, other than the fact that (a) he doesn't know the name of the other passenger to file suit against, (b) it wasn't the other passenger who acted to take him off the plane, and (c) she'll have plausible deniability (which is all you need in a civil suit)?
Originally Posted by
TWA884
As to your first assertion, she can be sued as Jane Doe, an unknown defendant, and later amend the complaint to allege her true name after her identity is obtained from the airline in the pretrial discovery process.
The other two points are factual issues best left for the fact finder - judge or jury - in the trial.
If you're willing to spend the money to bring the civil suit. That's a lot of money to risk at the hands of a jury that might be just as paranoid as the defendant was.