I heard this man on KDKA radio this morning. The over weight man lifted the arm rest so that he could sit down. the air attendant had to get the person a seat belt extender so that he could be belted in and meet the seat belt on take off rule. This guy was so big he took up half of the other seat. There were three empty seats on the plane and at the last minute they were sold to stand by flyers.
When the man got home he wrote a letter to the airline, told them what happened and asked for an appology and a voucher for a future flight. The airline's answer was "That's too bad, nothing we can do about it, kiss off"
The $9500 the law suit asks for is the lowest thresh hold you can ask for in order to get a suit of this type heard in a court in Ohio.