Adding insult to injury: United did NOT take passenger's bags off his plane after he was dragged...

daily mail uk ^ | April 15, 2017 | Abigail Miller For Dailymail.com

[Morgana]

FULL TITLE: Adding insult to injury: United did NOT take passenger's bags off his plane after he was dragged off - then sent his luggage to the WRONG address hundreds of miles from where he was hospitalized

The doctor dragged off a United plane in scenes which created global outrage was further insulted when the airline withheld his luggage, sending it on a convoluted path home.

Dr David Dao was accused of refusing to give up his seat on Sunday's United Express flight UA3411 flight from Chicago to Louisville for the airline's staff.

Cell phone footage then shows the moment when he was forcibly and violently removed from the airline by heavy-handed Chicago Aviation Security police officers.

Now, it has been revealed that on top of being forced out of their seats and off the plane, the airline did not take the time to release their luggage to Dr Dao and his wife, instead sending it back to Kentucky and leaving them with nothing.

[BobL]

I was just trying to relate to the left, since we’re bashing corporations on these threads. I agree, not much to debate.

[2nd amendment mama]

Oh, there’s lots to debate but not with someone who calls cops “pigs” - no matter what your lame reasoning was. You’re the pig as far as I’m concerned.

[BobL]

LOL, whatever.

[Political Junkie Too]

Is there any merit to the idea of an unenforceable contract in this case?

From Findlaw.com, Unenforceable Contract? 5 Common Errors

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Unenforceable Contract? 5 Common Errors

By Aditi Mukherji, JD on August 21, 2013 8:47 AM

Under certain circumstances, a seemingly valid contract may be struck down as unenforceable. It can potentially happen even if both parties seemingly agree to all of the contract's terms.

Courts may refuse to enforce a contract for a number of reasons. So how does the law determine which promises are enforceable contracts and which are not?

Here are five common errors that can make contracts unenforceable:

1. Lack of capacity. A person must have the legal ability to form a contract in the first place. A person who is unable, due to intoxication or mental impairment, to understand what she is doing when she signs a contract may lack capacity to enter into a contract. In that case, the contract may be unenforceable.
2. Duress, undue influence, misrepresentation and fraud. Getting consent for a contract through sketchy ways -- such as coercion, threats, false statements (as well as misleading silence) and improper persuasion -- can render a contract unenforceable. The court may strike the contract down as unenforceable or the victim of the unfairness can void it.
3. Unconscionability. If the process of making a contract or terms in the contract are shockingly unfair to one party, then a court may deem a contract unenforceable. The court will look at whether a party had unequal bargaining power or difficulty understanding the terms (due to literacy or language barriers, for example), and whether the terms were inherently unfair.
4. Mistake. A contract can be found unenforceable because of the mistake of one party (called a "unilateral mistake") or both parties (called a "mutual mistake"). To be made unenforceable, the mistake must have been important and must have significantly affected the contract bargaining or performing process. Remember, failure to read the contract doesn't make a contract unenforceable or voidable.
5. Public policy. Some contracts are unenforceable because allowing such contracts could go against the goals of public policy -- namely, public health and safety. This includes contracts for illegal drug sales and sexual services, as well as contracts that bargain away employees' legally protected rights (like the right to unionize or to receive medical leave, for example).

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Number 2, Duress, is a hard sell to make since nobody is putting a gun to an air traveler's head. However, in today's era of cheap air travel, people have a need to fly to different parts of the country and may feel that they have no choice but to accept the airline's terms in order to get to where they need to be for their own business reasons.

Number 3, Unconscionability, is striking a raw nerve right now. Most people believe that the contract of carriage is 100% in the favor of the airline, and that the traveler has no say in anything if they wish to travel large distances. Travelers have no bargaining power against an airline that offers only company scrip as compensation or else they will call law enforcement to physically remove the customer.

Furthermore, consider the additional obligations that the traveler has made based on the contract with the airline. The traveler may have hotel reservations that will be missed, cruise ship reservations that might be missed, family engagements, entertainment tickets, etc., that might be voided because the airline did not honor their contract to transport the customer.

One viable future model that could arise from this is simply for each airline to reserve the last row of every flight for company use. If the company does not need that row on a particular flight, then the gate agent can release the row for standby travel.

Travelers need have confidence that there will be a seat at the other end of their ticket, or else we will have chaos in air travel.

-PJ

[okie 54]

Here I though I suffered one of United’s greatest screw up 2 months ago in Trinidad, little did I know United had the potential for bigger screw ups. At least they did not beat me up, but they did send by luggage on without me on the plane.

[okie 54]

Here I though I suffered one of United’s greatest screw up 2 months ago in Trinidad, little did I know United had the potential for bigger screw ups. At least they did not beat me up, but they did send by luggage on without me on the plane.