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Estate of William Madden et al v. Southwest Airlines, Co.
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June 23, 2021
Southwest Escapes Flight Attendant's COVID Death Suit
A Maryland federal judge on Wednesday threw out a suit by a Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendant alleging the airline held an unsafe training session that exposed her to COVID-19 and led to her husband's death, finding that allowing the suit to go forward would "open the floodgates" for similar suits.
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May 25, 2021
Flight Attendant, Southwest Spar Over Husband's Virus Death
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was infected with COVID-19 at a training session and gave it to her husband who later died has urged a Maryland federal judge to not toss the suit, saying the airline owed her husband a duty of care.