A federal decide in Massachusetts denied JetBlue’s movement for abstract judgment final week, discovering {that a} jury was finest to resolve whether or not the airliner was negligent in its upkeep actions following repeated incidents of an overhead bin detaching from its compartment, with one among them allegedly injuring a passenger.
U.S. District Decide Indira Talwani for the District of Massachusetts denied JetBlue’s movement for abstract judgment in a private harm case filed by David Mellor after he was struck by an overhead bin door that indifferent throughout a flight on a JetBlue A320-232 plane in February 2018. The overhead bin door had been shut throughout the flight, and throughout the descent, one other passenger stood up and unlatched the door. After the door was unlatched, it indifferent and fell on Mellor, in keeping with the order filed Sept. 29.
