Past incident with elderly United passenger in Houston leads to lawsuit
Jun 13, 2017, 9:20 pm
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Past incident with elderly United passenger in Houston leads to lawsuit
This story led the newscast at 10 pm this evening on KPRC-TV, the NBC network affiliate in Houston.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/in...man-at-airport
The incident involving an elderly male United passenger reportedly occurred back in 2015 but is apparently now just coming to light as it has resulted in a lawsuit.
A KPRC-TV news report earlier at 6 pm stated the elderly passenger had elite status, was a loyal customer and had around two million miles at the time of the incident.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/in...man-at-airport
The incident involving an elderly male United passenger reportedly occurred back in 2015 but is apparently now just coming to light as it has resulted in a lawsuit.
A KPRC-TV news report earlier at 6 pm stated the elderly passenger had elite status, was a loyal customer and had around two million miles at the time of the incident.
Last edited by jlemon; Jun 14, 2017 at 6:22 am Reason: clarification
Jun 13, 2017, 9:33 pm
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Report says the GA was criminally convicted of injury to an elderly person. That means the civil suit will basically just be a damages prove-up.
Jun 13, 2017, 10:10 pm
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This story lead the newscast at 10 pm this evening on KPRC-TV, the NBC network affiliate in Houston.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/in...man-at-airport
The incident involving an elderly male United passenger reportedly occurred back in 2015 but is apparently now just coming to light as it has resulted in lawsuit.
http://www.click2houston.com/news/in...man-at-airport
The incident involving an elderly male United passenger reportedly occurred back in 2015 but is apparently now just coming to light as it has resulted in lawsuit.
Jun 13, 2017, 10:19 pm
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Assuming the victim is represented by a good attorney, I think it means a great settlement offer -- I'd expect UA is willing to pay a lot of money to avoid discovery.
Jun 13, 2017, 11:27 pm
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The UA statement seems weird.
“We are disturbed by the completely unacceptable behavior shown in a video of a customer and a former United employee at Bush Intercontinental Airport in 2015. The actions shown here do not reflect our core values or our commitment to treat all of our customers with respect and dignity. We are reviewing all circumstances surrounding this incident and reaching out to our customer through his attorney to profusely apologize for what occurred and to make this right.”
Is that what they are doing now? Reviewing the circumstances (video?)? What have they done since the assault?
“We are disturbed by the completely unacceptable behavior shown in a video of a customer and a former United employee at Bush Intercontinental Airport in 2015. The actions shown here do not reflect our core values or our commitment to treat all of our customers with respect and dignity. We are reviewing all circumstances surrounding this incident and reaching out to our customer through his attorney to profusely apologize for what occurred and to make this right.”
Is that what they are doing now? Reviewing the circumstances (video?)? What have they done since the assault?
Jun 13, 2017, 11:33 pm
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What kills United is the following (quoting the article, you can see it in the video in the link above):
After hitting his head on the ground, Tigner lies motionless with his arms splayed out and yet not one United employee bothers to bend down and talk to him. ...
"He was. He lied there," Hoke said. "He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him."
"None of the United employees even bend down to see if he's OK, to see it he's alive?" Spencer asked.
"No one even went to check his pulse," Hoke said. "They literally left him there like a piece of garbage."
In fact, over the course of the nearly three-minute surveillance video, not one United employee ever appears to try to comfort the man in any way.
Fifty seconds into the video, a passenger walking by stops to help, as United employees just watch.
Everyone connected with this incident - not just the "pusher" should have been fired.
After hitting his head on the ground, Tigner lies motionless with his arms splayed out and yet not one United employee bothers to bend down and talk to him. ...
"He was. He lied there," Hoke said. "He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him."
"None of the United employees even bend down to see if he's OK, to see it he's alive?" Spencer asked.
"No one even went to check his pulse," Hoke said. "They literally left him there like a piece of garbage."
In fact, over the course of the nearly three-minute surveillance video, not one United employee ever appears to try to comfort the man in any way.
Fifty seconds into the video, a passenger walking by stops to help, as United employees just watch.
Everyone connected with this incident - not just the "pusher" should have been fired.
Jun 14, 2017, 2:05 am
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What kills United is the following (quoting the article, you can see it in the video in the link above):
After hitting his head on the ground, Tigner lies motionless with his arms splayed out and yet not one United employee bothers to bend down and talk to him. ...
"He was. He lied there," Hoke said. "He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him."
"None of the United employees even bend down to see if he's OK, to see it he's alive?" Spencer asked.
"No one even went to check his pulse," Hoke said. "They literally left him there like a piece of garbage."
In fact, over the course of the nearly three-minute surveillance video, not one United employee ever appears to try to comfort the man in any way.
Fifty seconds into the video, a passenger walking by stops to help, as United employees just watch.
Everyone connected with this incident - not just the "pusher" should have been fired.
After hitting his head on the ground, Tigner lies motionless with his arms splayed out and yet not one United employee bothers to bend down and talk to him. ...
"He was. He lied there," Hoke said. "He lies there lifeless for minutes. Not one employee comes to check on him."
"None of the United employees even bend down to see if he's OK, to see it he's alive?" Spencer asked.
"No one even went to check his pulse," Hoke said. "They literally left him there like a piece of garbage."
In fact, over the course of the nearly three-minute surveillance video, not one United employee ever appears to try to comfort the man in any way.
Fifty seconds into the video, a passenger walking by stops to help, as United employees just watch.
Everyone connected with this incident - not just the "pusher" should have been fired.
Jun 14, 2017, 5:56 am
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This perception of United is beginning to set in concrete.
Jun 14, 2017, 6:23 am
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That UA allowed this old news to be yet another stain on their reputation is simply amazing.
Jun 14, 2017, 6:30 am
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the attorney did well giving this to channel 2. the first 5 minutes of the 10 o'clock news for a 2 year old story. I would be more sympathetic if the case had been files 2 years ago. looks like a money grab to me.
Jun 14, 2017, 6:32 am
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wowza, this is BAD. to me, this is 100x worse than the dao incident. actually, i still side with UA on the dao incident. but this one, assuming the video wasn't doctored and there wasn't something more that we don't know about (ie, the pax saying he had a gun or something), this one looks to be much worse for UA imho.
Jun 14, 2017, 7:06 am
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"the attorney did well giving this to channel 2. the first 5 minutes of the 10 o'clock news for a 2 year old story. I would be more sympathetic if the case had been files 2 years ago. looks like a money grab to me."
In this case, I see nothing wrong with this person going for a "money grab". But, this case could have been going on since the incident and it was just brought back in the limelight because of what is going on with United. Either way, IF this actually happened the way they are portraying it, this person deserves whatever he gets. This is unbelievable!
In this case, I see nothing wrong with this person going for a "money grab". But, this case could have been going on since the incident and it was just brought back in the limelight because of what is going on with United. Either way, IF this actually happened the way they are portraying it, this person deserves whatever he gets. This is unbelievable!