Iberia Airlines Jets Past $1.2 Million in Damages
Spanish airline giant Iberia swerved past an almost $1.2 million payout when a federal jury in Miami found a passenger was 99 percent liable for injuries during a turbulent flight because she wasn't wearing a seat belt.
January 18, 2019 at 02:47 PM
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Spain's biggest airline emerged almost scot-free from a personal-injury trial in the Southern District of Florida, where a Miami jury found it just 1 percent liable for a passenger's injuries during severe turbulence.
As a result, Iberia Lineas Aereas de España, Sociedad Anónima Operadora Co. defeated a lawsuit worth almost $1.2 million.
The passenger, Miami resident Fanny Quevedo, was 99 percent at fault, according to Wednesday's verdict form, as she hadn't proved Iberia caused or contributed to her injuries. Quevedo wasn't wearing her seat belt when turbulence struck, and although jurors decided she sustained $1,175,000 in damages, they held Iberia liable for just $1,750 of that.
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