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Man sues airline for being seated next to obese person who spilled over.
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2016 Sep 23, 8:58am 1,256 views 3 comments
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MAGA
2016 Sep 23, 9:25am
I have been pretty lucky over the years when I am traveling. Only a couple times did I have to sit next to a fatty.
One flight that I recall was interesting. I had to move to another seat. I was sitting next to a unaccompanied minor on the flight. The airlines policy was to seat these minors with no one next to them. United gave me another aisle seat.
I have to wonder, if I had been a female would they have still moved me?
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2016 Sep 23, 10:16am
DieBankOfAmericaPhukkingDie says
Usually, shouting FAT! FUCK! YOU! FAT! FUCKING! FUCK! at the top of your lungs and offering the immense seat invader a Butterfinger bar as a bribe to move to a seat or a cargo hold takes care of it.
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Dan8267
2016 Sep 23, 10:24am
Man sues airline for being seated next to obese person who spilled over.
In his defense, it wasn't just any fat person. It was Call It Crazy, and the smell caused emotional trauma to the victim.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/squashed-emirates-airline-gold-member-sues-suffering-fat-man-spillover-1582962/
Squashed Emirates Airline gold member sues for suffering fat man 'spillover'
An Italian lawyer has sued the Emirates airline after he had to sit next to an "obese man" during a nine-hour flight. Giorgio Destro, from Padua in northern Italy, claimed he "suffered" during the flight from Cape Town to Dubai.
The lawyer, who previously worked for the Italian Consulate in South Africa, reportedly asked to change seats, but his request was denied as the flight was fully booked, Il Mattino di Padova newspaper reported.
During the flight, Destro took a picture that he is planning to use in court as evidence of his discomfort. The hearing is scheduled to take place in Padua on 20 October.
Destro, who is a "gold member" flyer with Emirates, is reportedly asking for €2,759 (£2,375; $3,079); €759 as a refund for the flight and the rest as compensation for damages.
"For nine hours, I had to stand in the aisle, sit on seats reserved for the cabin crew when they were free, and in the final phase of flight resign myself to suffer the 'spillover' of the passenger at my side," Destro said.
Emirates has not commented on the incident. A spokesperson for the airline company told MailOnline Travel: "Emirates is unable to comment on this particular case as it is an ongoing legal matter."
This is not the first time that a passenger has sued an airline for having to sit next to an overwheight passenger. In a similar case last July, interior designer James Andres Bassos sued Etihad Airways for $227,000 alleging he suffered a back injury after being subjected to a "seat invasion" by a "grossly overweight" passenger.
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