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Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 04:32 PM
Man Sues US Airways After He Drank Alcohol, Fell Down Escalator
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Published: Mar 31, 2004 http://media.tbo.com/tbo/images/spacer.gif

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - A West Virginia man who fell down an escalator at an airport sued US Airways, alleging the airline didn't warn him about the adverse affects of drinking alcohol on a plane.


Floyd W. Shuler, 61, filed the lawsuit against Virginia-based US Airways Inc., in circuit court in Fort Myers.

Shuler, who has lived part-time on Marco Island, said in the suit that US Airways was negligent by failing to warn him the effects of alcohol are greater at night on airline passengers. The suit, filed Friday, also alleges that the company did not properly maintain the escalator at Southwest Florida International Airport when he fell down it on Aug. 28, 1999.

The suit seeks damages in excess of $15,000.

Amy Kudwa, a spokeswoman for US Airways, declined to comment to the Naples Daily News for Wednesday editions.

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Information from: Naples Daily News, http://www.naplesnews.com AP-ES-03-31-04 0232EST
Laggy
03-31-2004, 05:23 PM
lol i dont think he should win that one...
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 07:22 PM
He probly will though.
Quel Thalas
03-31-2004, 08:38 PM
um... guy=idiot... and lades...why do you seem to find things about ppl in WV?
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 10:37 PM
Because doc is from WV, and its fun to display his state's follies. Same reason i also look for stuff about Arkansas and gas stations (for lathan)
Leknaat
03-31-2004, 11:22 PM
*sigh*everyone sues nowdays and the lawsuits get more idiotic everyday...
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 11:28 PM
Yeah, soon:

Man sues God for letting his gf/wife/child/parent/some other relative die of sickness/natural causes
Leknaat
03-31-2004, 11:30 PM
lol it might happen...
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 11:37 PM
Actually, i'm predicting it, lol.
Leknaat
03-31-2004, 11:39 PM
oh psychic are we?....lol
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 11:40 PM
No, just making an educated guess :p
Leknaat
03-31-2004, 11:44 PM
it's a good one..I know some people who would try to sue the airlines for something like that....
they would say something like.."I figured if I drank it on the plane I would be okay."lol
Lancet Jades
03-31-2004, 11:48 PM
Well, yeah.

I actually had a good plan for suing, lol. All i needed was some stale "soft" candy, and a semi-crooked dentist, lol.