A lawsuit will take place and the attorney will convince the jury that nobody who advanced booked a seat on a plane, was allowed to enter the plane and take his seat and posed absolutely no threat or danger to any individual on that plane should be dragged off that plane, receive a broken nose, two front teeth knocked out and a concussion.
United doesn't stand a chance in hell in defending the beat down 69 year old Dr. Dao received. So the question isn't whether or not Dr. Dao will win the suit but how much will the settlement be and how will it affect the entire airline industry and their habit of overbooking........
United did not drag him off the plane, airport cops did.
United did not bust his face, airport cops did.
United is guilty of overbooking.
Airport cops are guilty of beating him up.
If I was on the jury I would vote in favor of United.
United sold him the seat and he then sat in it with the expectation of flying home.
United then randomly chose to take his seat away from him and give it to one of their people, instead.
When he refused, they called for a beat down and took it.
On the 60s TV shows I grew up watching, only the bad guys did stuff like that, and often did it to Asians, now that I think about it. Hmmm....
Of all the people to randomly choose, of all the consequences they could possibly have chosen for themselves, United chose poorly...