>>He will be much richer and United will be be much poorer, cops loosing jobs. How did the Dr loose?<<
Probably not as much as people think. UA and the cops will probably get together and offer a settlement just to make it go away but it won’t be massive.
If you break event this down to its constituent components the passenger was mostly at fault and many jurisdictions allow % fault to enter into monetary awards.
Would you address the issue of the cops letting him getting back on the plane?