Jury Awards Delta Air Customer $1.25 Million
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A federal jury has awarded $1.25 million to a woman who said she suffered post-traumatic stress after a Delta Airlines jet made an emergency landing in 1996.
A Delta spokesman said the airline would appeal Wednesday’s verdict.
Kathy Weaver of Billings, Mont., was one of about 220 passengers aboard Delta Flight 37 from London to Cincinnati on Nov. 7, 1996, when the MD-11 jet developed stabilizer problems. The crew made an emergency landing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio.
Weaver sued the airline in 1998, maintaining that she never fully recovered from the incident. Her attorney, Randy Bishop, said passengers believed they were going to die.
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