Lmao!

[Scope out RJ's]

AP
NYC lawyer sues Delta over delayed, stressful trip
Thursday July 24, 11:12 am ET

NYC lawyer sues Delta Air Lines for $5 million over delayed, stressful trip from Paris
NEW YORK (AP) -- A New York City lawyer is suing Delta Air Lines Inc. for $5 million, claiming the carrier's incompetence and indifference left him stranded in Paris for four days last October during an airport workers' strike.
Thomas Mullaney says Atlanta-based Delta refused to let passengers rebook flights by telephone and for "unfathomable" reasons insisted they go to the chaotic airport and rebook there.
Mullaney says he paid $5,000 for two round-trip tickets and Delta refused to reimburse him for the unused portion. He returned home on American Airlines.
Mullaney's lawsuit says he believes Delta stranded and failed to reimburse thousands of passengers. It was filed Wednesday in Manhattan and seeks class action status.
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Delta spokeswoman Betsy Talton says she can't comment on pending litigation.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Geeez. 5 million?

He's lucky to get a Delta umbrella and coffee mug.

 

[hockeypilot44]

They'll settle out of a court for a few hundred grand. That's how our court system works.

 

[AA717driver]

Do lawyers ever wonder why people hate them?

What a scumbag. TC

 

[JumpersAway]

Hmmm- he must work for the law firm Dewey, Screwem, and How.....

 

[Amish RakeFight]

Here's his website:

http://mullaw.org/index.html


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[JT12345]

I am surprised this doesn't happen more often.

 

[Hair-on-Fire]

You really don't think he has a point? He paid $5,000 for a flight that was canceled and Delta wouldn't let him make alternate arrangements on the phone. They told him to come out to the airport with the thousands of other stranded customers and wait in line. And since Delta couldn't deliver the promised transportation he secured transport on AA and reasonably expects a refund of the unused portion of his DL trip. How is that unreasonable?

Sure, 5 million is a chunk of change, but you don't get a multi-billion dollar corporation to even look up without asking for big dollars. Without big damages it's cheaper for companies to continue their poor behavior like adding chromium to the water supply or ignoring roll-overs caused by incorrectly made tires. Consumers need to have a means to fight back.

I do agree that the lawyers end up with too much of the settlement, but they do take the risk of trying a case that can drag out for years with millions in expenses and possibly no settlement.

Class action lawsuits are a two sided coin. I bet you'd think no amount was too big if corporate malfeasance by a drug company or a automobile manufacturer injured or even killed a loved one.

 

[30West]

What do you call 5,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

 

[ultrarunner]

What do you call 5,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A great idea!

 

[skyhooky]

Guy walks into a bar

A guy walks into a bar and says "Man, f#^%$*# lawyers are ****************************************". "Hey!" " Watch it buddy" replied an obviously offended guy at the end of the bar. "Oh, I'm sorry sir. Are you an attorney?" "No! I'm an ***********************************" replied the man.

 

[skyhooky]

Guy walks into a bar

Woops! Silly me. I'm not much of a poster. I didn't realize the A word would be filtered out. The following is just a test: As#hole,

 

[rajflyboy]

Have you ridden on Delta lately?

Shoot.. I can see why someone wants to sue them.

 

[Amish RakeFight]

What do you call 5,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?

A good start.

 

[pipejockey]

Have you ridden on Delta lately?

Shoot.. I can see why someone wants to sue them.

And their JFK terminal is deplorable!! It is the most ghetto terminal I have ever even had the misfortune of looking at, as I taxi by on Alpha. They need to take a look at AA's and take note of a real terminal. They have rjs 1 on top of another over there and half the time theres a comair or freedumb blocking alpha waiting to get into that hell hole!