JetBlue terminal. (Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM) Allowing Injury Suit to Proceed, Court Says Jury Should Interpret JetBlue's Ambiguous Maintenance Logs
"The Court's well-reasoned ruling squarely rebukes JetBlue's meritless contention that it met Federal Aviation Regulation standards of care by performing a visual check of equipment which had nothing to do with the hinge defect which caused this easily preventable occurrence in which an overhead bin door detached from both hinges and struck a passenger in the head," plaintiffs counsel Marc L. Breakstone told Law.com.
October 03, 2023 at 03:46 PM
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A federal judge in Massachusetts has denied JetBlue's motion for summary judgment, finding it was best for a jury to decide whether the airliner was negligent in its maintenance actions following repeated incidents of an overhead bin detaching from its compartment, with one of them allegedly injuring a passenger.
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