Posted on 08/08/2023 3:09:41 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
The plaintiff saw David Renner die while she was sitting aboard the airplane.
SAN ANTONIO — An airplane passenger who witnessed a ground crew worker as he was fatally ingested into a jet engine is suing the company that employed him after she experienced post-traumatic stress over the incident.
David Renner died June 23 at the San Antonio International Airport. His death was ruled a suicide.
The plaintiff in the lawsuit had boarded Delta Airlines Flight 1111 and was seated on the same side of the plane as the jet engine where Renner's death took place. She was looking out the window when he advanced toward the "ingestion zone" and was killed.
“She feels like she will be forever traumatized as to by what she saw by this and being so close to it," Attorney James Wood said.
The lawsuit seeks damages from Unifi, the company that employed Renner, and from Renner's estate. The damages include intentional infliction of emotional distress. It also states Unifi is liable because of negligent hiring.
Wood claimed Renner had posted online several times alluding to his mental health struggles.
“Any sort of background search on him that was appropriately looked at this person, they should have found warning signs that this might not be the right person that you want to put next to a commercial jet," Wood said.
The lawsuit also includes information from Renner's family regarding his mental health. His brother, Joshua Renner started a foundation as a result of his brother's death called David's Legacy Foundation.
The family of David Renner released this statement regarding the suit:
“We express our sincere consolations to the young lady who witnessed the events that transpired on June 23, 2023. We cannot fathom the emotional and psychological impact of witnessing this tragic event, but hope all who did receive the necessary care to facilitate healing.” - Joshua Renner, David’s Brother.
Unifi released this statement regarding the suit:
Although Unifi Aviation does not typically comment on pending litigation, we believe the claims asserted by Ms. Hill do not have any merit and intend to zealously defend ourselves. We continue to keep David Renner’s family and loved ones in our thoughts and prayers.”
The lawsuit states they are seeking more than a million dollars in damages. Wood said that money would help pay for his client's mental health services.
The backstory...
Airline worker killed after being ‘ingested’ into engine at San Antonio Airport
The New York Post ^ | 6/25/2023 | Nicolas McEntyre
Posted on 6/25/2023, 7:55:10 PM by T.B. Yoits
Injested, digested and excreted.
Ridiculous. Bogus. Nuisance Lawsuit.
Check this out... The plaintiff is not even identified. I hope she loses and is forced to pay the defendants legal fees as well as her own.
Guy kills himself.
Passenger: hey how can I cash in on this?
He had a bad case of Enter Engine.
Cooked should be in there somewhere...
Suicide? Wow, points for creativity.
She is probably a binge TV viewer, watching serial after serial with blood, gore, shootings, killings, dismemberings, rapes... and then has a problem with this?
Sheesh... her porthole window even looks like a TV.
I thought of masticated just as I hit “post”.
And maybe she just lost her best chum.
I see a real problem with the element of “foreseeability.” If the employer negligently required the decedent to work in that area, then there might be liability here. That they should have known he was a nut and should have reasonably concluded from that that he was likely to into a running engine is more than a bit of a stretch
Suicide? Wow, points for creativity.
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Points also for style. He walked up to his supervisor - handed him a suicide note - and calmly walked into the jet engine.
If she worked in a sausage factory, I might give her some slack but otherwise she has no beef.
So, the airline should pay because she lost her bestie?
That took guts.
Her chum. Her chuuuummm.
FTA: “She feels like she will be forever traumatized as to by what she saw by this and being so close to it,” Attorney James Wood said.
^^^^
“as to by what she saw” — What?
Plaintiff needs counsel who knows how to speak logically.
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