OccasionalFlyerPerson

Delta are responsible for things that arise due to their negligence in situations where they are responsible for their passengers, which appears to be the case here. In a court of law the assault would have to be proved. In a forum, given the descriptions that I read including the action of the other passengers, my opinion is that the assault happened. But, even if you want to quibble over the assault actually happening or not Delta continued to serve the man alcohol after he was drunk and disruptive, and didn't call law enforcement to the gate even though there had been an accusation of assault. Both of the latter are enough in my opinion to support my 'heads should roll' opinion.

As an example, if a sexual assault occurred on a plane with no warning and no contribution (e.g. allowing excessive drunkenness) from Delta, and upon being notified Delta immediately applied correct action and continued to do so, then I would think that Delta were not responsible for the assault at all. However, the situation as per this thread appears to be the diametric opposite of this case.

Goodoldflyer

I have to side with Delta until the accusers prove their case.

There are far too many histrionic people out there with lawyers to accept anyone's accusation at face value.

Seems to me this would be quite hard to prove, but in our litigious society, allegations are sometimes accepted as proof.

There was clearly some discomfort on the part of these passengers, and it sounds like the offensive passenger was out of line and should have been moved, but an accuser of sexual assault bears the burden of proof.

paul21

Found it: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket...air-lines-inc/

Complaint: https://storage.courtlistener.com/re...500678.1.0.pdf

Goodoldflyer

Honestly, that story seems unbelievable, and I'm guessing the FA's version would be different.

emma dog

Two things stand out.

Item 31 claims the passenger was served a PDB in the last row of coach. We all know that rarely happens in the pointy end�

And then item 35 where the pax got 10 drinks in the first 3 hours of the flight. Again, I�ve never experienced half-as-great service in D1/F.

This would be the least lazy crew ever.

AADFW

Completely agree that such claims are highly implausible, especially the PDB in coach.

And the problem with doing that in a lawsuit is that it gives perfectly good reason to disbelieve the complainant's entire claim.

ijgordon

Surely the plaintiffs will have a bunch of eyewitnesses ready to testify?

ryandc99

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