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1st Circ. Critical Of Airline's Step-Size Defense In Injury Suit

By Brian Dowling ( April 4, 2022, 5:15 PM EDT) -- A British Airways PLC lawyer told the First Circuit on Monday it can't be held liable after a passenger tripped off a 13-inch-high last step while deplaning because the mobile staircase operated as expected, a defense one judge compared to a hypothetical "Haphazard Airlines" whose standard evacuation involves a 20-foot drop....

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