Wed, Dec 27, 2006
Suit Says Airline Failed To Render Aid
Karen Fossett filed suit Friday in
Boston's US District Court claiming JetBlue ignored her
husband, Robert, as he suffered a fatal inflight heart attack in
February 2005.
According to the Associated Press, documents filed with the
court say, "After the plane landed, JetBlue's employees or agents
determined that Mr. Fossett was unresponsive, but nonetheless fully
deplaned the aircraft before providing any assistance, calling for
aid or attempting to resuscitate him."
According to the documents, another passenger saw Fossett go
into "cardiac distress" and alerted the crew.
The suit further alleges airline employees neither helped
Fossett nor arranged for others to help him, such as making an
ambulance available at Boston after the aircraft landed.
The lawsuit claims JetBlue waited to attempt resuscitation using
oxygen and "some form of CPR" until after other passengers had
deplaned and been sent on their way.
It further claims only after those measures failed did the
flight crew alert emergency services personnel at the airport.
Fossett was pronounced dead at Massachusetts General after EMS
transported him there.
The suit -- which doesn't name individual crewmembers -- accuses
the airline of causing Fossett conscious pain and suffering.
According to a company spokesperson, JetBlue's legal department
hadn't seen the court documents as of yesterday.
The airlines says it won't comment on pending litigation.
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