[Dr. Sivana]

The drinks that the crew served him, “had intoxicated Shawn to a level well in excess of the legal blood alcohol limit, rendering him impaired,”

There is no legal blood alcohol limit I know of for flying in a plane. How would they know he was drinking before the flight anyway? They certainly could not have known he'd be driving after the flight. His wife was there. Couldn't she drive?

There is fault, but not with the airline.

[rottndog]

Ambulance chaser going for the deep pockets.

[Pox]

Why not go after night clubs and bars next? Anyone serving alcohol will be vulnerable to this tactic if allowed to succeed.

[VastRWCon]

I was young and drunk flt lax to bwi spilled my beer over a guys lap who was traveling to UK no dry close LOL.

[Vendome]

They gave him a flight of wine during his flight...

[Jeff Chandler]

“Beau”?

[Carl Vehse]

The couple must not have had any checked luggage, since the husband would have had plenty of time to sober up while waiting at the carousel for his luggage.

[citizen]

This sounds like a suit by an ambulance-chasing lawyer.

[b4me]

How is the airline to know what or how much consumed before getting on flight? If do inks in flight were requested and they didn’t serve, they likely would have been seen as wrong too!

[ronnie raygun]

Not responsible only those around him

[SamAdams76]

I fly quite frequently and I find it hard to believe one can be "overserved" on a plane. Even ordering a second drink will usually get you the side-eye from the stewardess (and perhaps your fellow passenger). I have seen other passengers, not obviously drunk, denied a drink if it was their third or fourth.

Stewardesses appear to be highly trained not to let a passenger get intoxicated on a flight. Which makes sense, because on the rare occasion that happens, there are usually major incidents that make the news.

If this guy was drunk, he either brought his own stash on board or he stopped at the airport bar before getting on or after getting off the plane.

[TalBlack]

Lying sack of shite trying to turn his rage fueled DWI into someone else’s fault. This case sounds like a real stretch.

[mewzilla]

Host laws don’t apply to airlines.. ?

[Ex-Con777]

The flight time is 2 hours 30 minutes. Add time to board, taxi, deplane, traverse the terminal to the parking garage/lot, locate car and mow down the wife, that puts it well in excess 3:30.

Two drinks in 3.5+ hours would not put someone over the legal limit. The gentleman would have had to consume 5 drinks (chugging the first 3 just prior to boarding). Those 3 prior drinks still would not be legally drunk in most states, much less aboard an airplane with no established limit.

Many states have aiding and abetting DUI laws. The guilty party there would be the dead wife, which raises a question. Who is the estate?

“with her estate claiming flight attendants overserved her beau.”

How did the estate observe this piece of evidence? Can the estate be cross examined regarding this observation?

Is her hubby in the slammer and unable to benefit from his crime, so some slimy jailhouse lawyer came up with this plan and enlisted an outside slimy lawyer to participate?

What happens if the serving flight attendant was gay, black, trans, or some other mitigating factor?

The society has lost all grasp of personal responsibility. These are the death throes.

EC