[Marie]

It was settled four years after the incident. We don't know when she filed. She could have had the airlines dragging her around by the nose for a years, making her believe that they were going to deal with the matter before she got fed up and sued. It can take years to settle a lawsuit.

[Slings and Arrows]

NEW YORK -- A limbless woman sued Air France Friday, saying she was prevented from boarding a flight four years ago by an airline employee who insulted her, saying "a head, one bottom and a torso cannot possibly fly on its own."