United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger who was dragged off plane
 

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United Airlines reaches settlement with passenger who was dragged off plane - Apr. 27, 2017

nited Airlines just reached a settlement with Dr. David Dao, the passenger who was violently dragged off a flight earlier this month in an incident that created a firestorm for the company.
Dao's lawyers announced the deal Thursday, but did not disclose the financial terms of the settlement.
The announcement includes praise for United (UAL) CEO Oscar Munoz from Thomas Demetrio, one of Dao's lawyers.

Mr. Munoz said he was going to do the right thing, and he has," he said. "In addition, United has taken full responsibility for what happened...without attempting to blame others, including the City of Chicago."
Related: The 10 things United is doing to avoid another dust-up, drag-out passenger fiasco
It was a police officer who worked for the city who actually removed Dao from the aircraft. The officer has since been suspended.
United wanted to remove Dao from the flight in order to make room for commuting crew members. United has since promised it will no longer use officers to forcibly remove paying customers from its flights.
The incident occurred on April 9, and United has been reeling from the backlash ever since.
Dao's lawyers previously said Dao suffered a concussion and lost teeth during the ordeal. Dao can be seen with blood streaming down his face in footage of the incident.
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The settlement announcement comes the same day that United outlined a plan to make its passengers more comfortable and ensure that what happened to Dao won't happen again.
Several other airlines, including Southwest and Delta, have announced policy changes aimed at preventing a similar incident from occurring.
"Dr. Dao has become the unintended champion for the adoption of changes which will certainly help improve the lives of literally millions of travelers," Dao's lawyer said in a statement.

That will be one little wealthy dude...

this thread is useless without numbers... :2 cents:

These settlements almost never have numbers made public. He's likely also barred from talking about the settlement.

Maybe this guy got $5 million or maybe $50 thousand.. Whatever he got would be the baseline for the next time something happens but maybe the next time the guy has a shitty lawyer and agrees to $5 or $15k..

If it was me.... I wouldn't settle for anything under five million dollars. I would tell them "If you don't pay me, I will be your loudest critic until the end of time".

I would say he probably got 5-10 Million. They wanted him shut down and quiet.

His lawyer was doing the rounds on CNN to raise the settlement,

Ling Ding Dongs kids will never have to work now. But guess what? They will anyway.

So maybe 2.5 mil for the lawyer, 2.5 mil for the guy. Not bad for one drag-out and a few weeks work.

Fly after that...

Rip off. Basically should be paid for overbooking etc. Dragging shoulf not be paid because he did not leave by his choice. What were they supposed to do, not fly at all?

Don't be jealous. If it was you you'd take the payout.:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

I would and I would know the amount was unfair to the airlines at the same time.

Well, silence is golden and I'm sure all shareholders would appreciate even 15 mil. The loss in market cap the day after the incident was 225 mil.

How about leave the guy and his familt sit in the seat they booked and not let the travellers thatw ere going to take the seats actually take them. Crew or no crew.

If he's an American doctor, he won't come cheap. It will be north of 7 figures.