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Family Sues Airline Over Woman’s Fatal Escalator Fall
Posted on 1/1/18 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 1/1/18 at 12:58 pm
A Washington family blames Alaska Airlines and one of its contractors for the death of a 74-year-old grandmother.
Video at Portland International Airport shows Bernice Kekona mistakenly steering her motorized scooter toward an escalator, then falling down it on June 7, 2017. She died from an infection more than three months later.
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Video at Portland International Airport shows Bernice Kekona mistakenly steering her motorized scooter toward an escalator, then falling down it on June 7, 2017. She died from an infection more than three months later.
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Posted on 1/1/18 at 12:59 pm to peaster68
How's this their fault?
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:00 pm to peaster68
Wait how is it their fault the grandma didn't know what a escalator looked like?
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:01 pm to tduecen
Typical action in America these days... always somebody else’s fault...
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:01 pm to tduecen
When injured sue the richest person involved.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:02 pm to peaster68
They won’t win
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:02 pm to magildachunks
quote:
How's this their fault?
It’s not but we live in a litigious society and a society that no longer believes in personal responsibility.
While this is a terrible accident people need to be held responsible fo themselves.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:05 pm to Capital Cajun
absolutely.
This post was edited on 1/1/18 at 1:06 pm
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:06 pm to peaster68
Saw this about 4 days ago and we laughed our asses off. We are probably going to hell.
The family sucks. G'ma was a fkn moron.
The family sucks. G'ma was a fkn moron.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:06 pm to Wooly
They'll win with flying colors. Likely a liberal judge out of Washington or Oregon. Sad world we live in
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:06 pm to Capital Cajun
Must have been canadians
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:09 pm to peaster68
The guy that just walks past with his bag... 
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:09 pm to lsuguru
Capitalism baws, money to be had via lawsuits, take those profits
Sorry Grandma
Sorry Grandma
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:10 pm to peaster68
The shyster lawyer who filed that suit for them should be required to personally pay all of the airline's defense costs.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:10 pm to peaster68
Sad thing the airline will probably settle for a decent amount, which is why these things continue to happen
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:13 pm to magildachunks
The plaintiff's general theory of the case is that the airline did not provide the wheelchair gate assistance that had been requested. Which left the lady to roam alone, get confused and ultimately make a mistake.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:14 pm to peaster68
Death by rascal
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:21 pm to magildachunks
Family says in the article they hired someone from the airline to escort granny to her next flight. They didn't. The airline just put her in a wheelchair and sent her about her way. Granny old probably got dementia and got lost and confused. Airline/contractor seems like they didn't do the job they were hired to do.
Edited to add family's statement:
Kekona's family hired help to make sure she arrived safely to her connecting flight. But now they argue the airline and its contractor did not provide the service as promised, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz.
Kekona was coming home from a family vacation in Maui. She landed in Portland, and the family's attorney said they requested a wheelchair assistance service to escort her to a connecting flight. But surveillance video shows her wandering the terminal alone.
Edited to add family's statement:
Kekona's family hired help to make sure she arrived safely to her connecting flight. But now they argue the airline and its contractor did not provide the service as promised, reports CBS News correspondent Adriana Diaz.
Kekona was coming home from a family vacation in Maui. She landed in Portland, and the family's attorney said they requested a wheelchair assistance service to escort her to a connecting flight. But surveillance video shows her wandering the terminal alone.
This post was edited on 1/1/18 at 1:26 pm
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:21 pm to Obtuse1
If that’s true they actually have a pretty good case contrary to what people are saying in here.
Posted on 1/1/18 at 1:23 pm to vodkacop
That changes things I guess, they will settle probably
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