(Originally posted May 2008)Okay, I applaud this guy. Really, I do. Airlines are getting worse and have their heads shoved so far up their asses, shows like "Airline" featuring the ever incompetent Southwest actually think they are in the right - even with millions of viewers seeing how shitty they really are.
Not to mention, I've had severe issues that also included my elderly father and dealing with United, my husband was treated badly and his luggage lost on Delta, and Northwest employees totally ignored my request for them to check on a black briefcase left by a man who set it down, looked around, and walked off - and this was 8 months before 9/11 and after hearing announcements in the airport asking customers to report such behavior.
Well, I'm reading this article and feeling for the guy and hoping he wins. Then I get to the last paragraph and my logic bells vibrate my ears. THIS guy is a LAWYER?? Is he like Doogie Howser of law? Because if this really is how he worded his legal lawsuit papers, I really hope he's never in charge of life altering cases. I'm getting the image of a diploma on his wall from the Correspondence Legal Institute of the Cayman Islands. LMAO
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LAWYER SUES DELTA FOR RUINING FAMILY VACATION
Wed May 28, 1:37 PM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines for $1 million, saying his family vacation turned into a nightmare after they were stranded in an airport for days and treated disdainfully by airline employees.
Richard Roth, who filed the lawsuit on behalf of himself and his mother, said he planned the Christmas 2007 trip to Buenos Aires to celebrate his mother's 80th birthday. She had grown up in the city, but had not returned in years, he said.
Instead, Roth, his two teenage children, his wife and mother spent three days in airports, went days without their luggage, were treated rudely by airline employees and were forced to spend $21,000 on unused hotel rooms in Argentina, replacement clothes, and other costs.
"Through its gross negligence, malfeasance and absolute incompetence, Mr. Roth holds Delta responsible for ruining his vacation," said the lawsuit, filed in New York state court.
Delta Air Lines Inc had no immediate comment.
Roth said that he has been in touch with Delta about getting reimbursed, but was repeatedly rebuffed. He told Reuters on Wednesday filing the suit was a last resort.
After the initial flight from New York was delayed by more than two hours, the family was not allowed to board their connecting flight in Atlanta, Roth said.
A Delta employee "literally walked away chuckling that he had left them stranded," he said.
After waiting in the airport for hours, Roth was told the next available flight would depart more than two weeks later.
He then booked a flight through a different airline and arrived in Argentina three days later than planned. The family was not reunited with their luggage for more than five days.
"Suffice it to say, Mr. Roth's elderly mother was a mess. And she has been suffering ever since. The kids are all upset. And it was Christmas Eve. Mr. Roth had spent one-half of his vacation in Buenos Aires chasing Delta and its incompetent representatives," the lawsuit said.
(Reporting by Edith Honan, Editing by Sandra Maler)
Now, he has a point, really, but this was supposed to be in an official lawsuit affidavit? "And..And.. And..." Sad. Seriously sad. Not the biggest moron but he deserves a Moron Award, none-the-less, simply for sounding like a 5 year old tattling that his older brother threw away his gum wrapper collection.
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