AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - American Airlines sued after crew allegedly moved drunk passenger next to traveler, then blamed the victim
A passenger who says he was elbowed, doused in wine, and then berated by a flight attendant aboard an American Airlines flight has filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $75,000, and the airline's response, he alleges, was to accuse him of misconduct. David Cruz was flying from Miami to Los Angeles in September 2025 […] The post American Airlines sued after crew allegedly moved drunk passenger next to traveler, then blamed the victim appeared first on American Almanac .
A passenger who says he was elbowed, doused in wine, and then berated by a flight attendant aboard an American Airlines flight has filed a federal lawsuit seeking more than $75,000, and the airline's response, he alleges, was to accuse him of misconduct. David Cruz was flying from Miami to Los Angeles in September 2025 on a discounted standby "buddy pass", a travel benefit available because his mother works as a quality control inspector for American Airlines. He sat in seat 17B with an empty seat beside him. That empty seat did not stay empty for long. Crew members transferred an intoxicated passenger who had already been involved in an altercation further back in the cabin into seat 17A, right next to Cruz, rather than restraining the…Open