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United Airlines passenger dragged from plane at O'Hare reaches settlement
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poppedcollar69
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at first i was like.... but then i was like
That's irrelevant now.
PackAPunchedMick
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Woah, there are actually people in this thread that wouldn't get beat up and dragged about for a few minutes for a large sum of money?
Snobs!
Snobs!
Moral Panic
Member
at first i was like.... but then i was like
LOL
Well, if he dies next year because of unseen complications from getting his face violated, then yes. No money is worth it.
But if he's able to completely change his life, live leisurely, and have security funds put away for his family without post traumatic stress disorder, then yeah. I don't think he'll feel so bad after his wounds heel.
OFF TOPIC - this is reminding me of a thread regarding how much would I accept to get punched in the face by Mike Tyson.
Correct answer - NO MONEY. Not worth it. Nope. I'm good, thanks.
Magnet_Man
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at first i was like.... but then i was like
Spat my drink.
Inferno313
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I mean, what happened to this man was nothing short of heinous. It was deplorable, and downright evil.
That said... they can do whatever they want to me for 7-8 figures.
Captain Chaos
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at first i was like.... but then i was like
So good!
thoseAREmySHOES
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We'll done.
at first i was like.... but then i was like
Dude made bank, no doubt.
Never noticed that Pinocchio also got dragged out by United until now.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
Wouldn't take any less TBH. He'd win just as much in court
It's a gamble I'm just not willing to take. I had to deal with a lot of complications from head trauma after a pretty nasty accident. That concussion ruined a good chunk of my life and I still wouldn't say I've fully recovered from it.
I've also seen firsthand how devastating memory loss can be to the person suffering it. My heart breaks whenever I talk to my grandmother, who suffers from dementia. She's described what it feels like during her more lucid moments and man, I wouldn't wish that on anyone, not even my enemy.
Nospaceinmyname
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SwiftDeath
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Guy had one of the best lawyers for this sort of thing in the country I'm pretty sure
That lawyer likely makes a commission of the settlement
As such I would have a hard time believing said lawyer would recommend their client settle for anything less than $10M as a drawn out court case with a jury would easily hit that kind of number settlement-wise while also incurring court fees, lawyer fees and continued bad publicity on Uniteds end
If I truly had to guess I'd say close to $20M for that settlement
That lawyer likely makes a commission of the settlement
As such I would have a hard time believing said lawyer would recommend their client settle for anything less than $10M as a drawn out court case with a jury would easily hit that kind of number settlement-wise while also incurring court fees, lawyer fees and continued bad publicity on Uniteds end
If I truly had to guess I'd say close to $20M for that settlement
metalslimer
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Get that paper my man. Haha get fucked United
Professional Enthusiast
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I hope he goes after the news outlets that were jumping over themselves to dig up dirt on him in order to justify the incident.
Also I'm never flying United again.. They can get fucked.
Also I'm never flying United again.. They can get fucked.
spindashing
Banned
at first i was like.... but then i was like
YOOO LOL
PrivateWHudson
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That's a good point. I wonder if United paid them for the rights to the video. With that, they could probably have it pulled from YouTube or whatever.
Yekshemesh
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United had to settle. The combination of cellphone videos and the statements from the CEO right after the incident claiming Dao was belligerent and saying the employees did no wrong, they knew they were fucked if this went to a trial jury.
He would have to have a terrible lawyer to get that small amount. Hell monkey in a suit could get him that much by flinging his poop.
Going to trial and winning would be an even worse PR disaster.
Yup a long protracted lawsuit would remind people of the incident over and over again.
Dreamwriter
Member
That vow is just for show, it wouldn't have prevented what happened on the plane in this incident. Because what the vow is doing is raising the max amount offered from $1350 to $10,000, but in this case, they didn't offer the max amount - they only offered $800 before forcing the issue.
at first i was like.... but then i was like
That is fucking phenomenal. I'm dying here.
It was definitely a big number given how quickly it was settled. 8 figures for sure.
TangoAlphaLima
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That does not seem like a reasonable guess.
That's way too much.
They could have shot him dead and not paid nearly that much. Not a chance
Individual settlements, unlike class actions, are not usually for all that much -- for obvious reasons
perfectchaos007
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It has to be an 8 figure sum. When the law firm defending their client "applauds" the accused for doing whats right, you know they got what they wanted.
Snkfanatic
Banned
Hoooooly shit. lol
bggrthnjsus
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man i'd get beat up and thrown off a plane for like 50 bucks dawg
Compsiox
Banned
Well since you weren't specific they could throw you off mid-flight. Now, that's not worth 50 dollars.
Do he doesn't. Theres not one person here that wouldn't sign up to go through that for $1 million+. That's ridiculous money, thats retirement money. He deserved $25-50K, and for United to pay a $10- 15million fine.
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