Posted on 05/28/2010 8:11:56 AM PDT by RogerWilko
A Michigan woman who fell asleep on a Philadelphia-bound flight and awoke to find herself trapped in the cabin more than three hours after it landed sued the airline Thursday, alleging false imprisonment.
Ginger McGuire, 36, boarded a Trans States shuttle Monday night at Dulles International Airport outside Washington. During the one-hour journey she fell asleep. The aircraft landed about 12:30 a.m. at Philadelphia International Airport, but McGuire said the flight crew hadn't bothered to rouse her. She awoke at 4 a.m., alone on the 50-seat plane with all the doors locked, she said. "Waking up to an empty airplane and not being able to get out was very horrifying," McGuire told WDIV-TV in Detroit.
McGuire, who works for a Michigan radio station, told the Detroit News that she had walked the aisle for 15 minutes. Though she used her phone to check the time, she said didn't think of calling for help, she said. Minutes later, the plane's door opened. She was greeted by a Transportation Security Administration officer and two Philadelphia police officers who questioned her for about 10 minutes....
McGuire's attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, said his law firm filed a lawsuit against United and Trans States, alleging negligence, false imprisonment and distress.
(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
Isn't he the guy who was Kevorkian's attorney?
Sounds like a personal problem to me!
“McGuire’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger..” Surprised he’s willing to litigate such a dopey case.
Familiar name, Dr. Kevorkian’s atty.
Could be a cause of action there against Sony or GE or Sunbeam, whomever made her home alarm clock, if she ever oversleeps at home.
I don’t believe the “terms and conditions” of her ticket contain verbiage suggesting the airline is responsible for waking her up after the flight.
Whatchu talkin' bout Willis!? There's MONEY to made out there when someone doesn't wake you up!!
The 1st thing I think about when I fail to wake up after I land, and everyone has left the plane is... "Hey, I think I got a lawsuit here!"
KA-CHING!!
I wouldn't think of either trying to open the door, which usually lock from the inside, or even using my cell phone to tell someone.
"Nobody told me you could make phone calls with these contraptions! I thought it was a pocket clock! Ohhhh... Those are doors, with handles on them?!"
Geoffrey Fieger. Such a slime ball and douche bag. He discredits the City of Southfield and Michigan. He hates John Engler. Does that tell you anything? I can’t say enough bad about that man.
Yeppers! Says a lot, doesn't it...
I think this is probably just a re-enactment for the TV Movie!
On the local news yesterday afternoon the report was the planes cleaning crew found and woke her.
I would have possible forgone the lawsuit and popped one of the emergency exits and slid down the ramp.
And if she was landing in Hartford, her bags would just be getting out anyway. So at least she did not have to stand around making small talk.
“Heh. Should have started the engines. That would have gotten attention.”
OK, Boys & Girls - can we say “hot start”?
Trashing turbines will get attention, but not what the attention she wants. Juries are sooo mean about not rewarding deliberate destruction of valuable things belonging to someone else.
Summation: Being a blond is genetic. Acting blond is volitional.
I have to disagree here.
Me too. The plane’s crew is responsible for securing the airplane after every flight. THEY WERE negligent.
Now, assume this was someone with a hearing or vision disability. Or, someone named Mohammed etc.
TSA should be investigating the crew of the aircraft for numerous security violations
Please tell me that video was of actors. Seriously, in real life they must have figured out they could walk up the steps?????
In that photo, she looks like every man’s nightmare. It’s in her eyes... As for Fieger, he’s saying “Play it fall all it’s worth, babe...”.
To truly be every man’s nightmare, she’d have to be good looking enough for a guy to put up with her craziness.
Maybe they did but considered going uphill too hard. Never did figure out though, they could turn around and...
Okay, if the cleaning crew found her, why couldn't she just walk off the plane?
It says she was trapped for 3 hours. If she was sleeping for 3 hours, that means she wasn't trapped, she was sleeping! But it says she checked the time on her cell phone. Why would she have to check the time if the cleaning crew woke her up?
OR... Did she decide she would wait it out on the plane, until someone found her, so she faked like she was sleeping when someone showed up!
I'm almost thinking that she was NEVER asleep, and had this planned out from the get-go! Maybe she was hiding in the bathroom and waited for everyone to leave so she could pull her little stunt!
Monday night and we’re reading about a suit that’s been filed on Friday? Atttention whore.
It's eyes like that that keep me single.
/johnny
A husband, yes. But craziness goes beyond marriage. I doubt there are many [sane] men acquainted with her who enjoy it...
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