After all the warnings my inclination is she was leaving a law suit for her family. Or at least she thought she was.
No matter, American will settle if they can and in the right or not will have to pay her estate. They simply can’t risk jury trial of a poor black woman in Alabama by a jury of her “peers”. Some pettifogging lawyer will still get well on the settlement.
It may sound cruel to think this but I would not put it pas her or a lot of others.
The working poor are more desperate than the destitute. Our system is effed in that somehow a dollar or two either way can provide full benefits or no benefits. Our system is not intended to help those who are doing their best to help themselves and to get them back on their feet. It is designed for dependency for the duration.
As a business owner it has been my judgement that 2 workers I had hired were intentionally trying to get hurt to claim workman's comp and disability.
Thank God for Fire at Will laws that most states have is all I can say. Once I came to that conclusion I immediately let them go with no reason given. It has become so prevalent now to get permanent disability on the jobsite my insurance company hosts webinars to look for the signs of it.
The luggage handlers likely worked for an independent company, a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) or a Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), that was created to get priority in the bidding on airport contracts.