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Old Apr 19, 2017, 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Boraxo

It is not at all clear that the court will permit discovery of unrelated incidents. For the same reason I do not think that a class action will be feasible as the factual circumstances of and damages resulting from Dr. Dao's ejection were rather unique. Though perhaps one could try a class action on behalf of all similarly ejected customers that did not go through the VDB or IDB process.
Dao lawyer already hinted at a class-action by saying that other people have been contacting him. How willing is United to open up to that liability on the whim of how a judge will rule?
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