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Litigation

Dec. 19, 1998

Airlines Sued for Loss of Life-Sustaining Medicines

The family of a 75-year-old Inglewood woman who died in her native Guyana during a December 1997 visit has filed a wrongful death complaint against American Airlines and British West Indies Airline, claiming she died after an airline employee refused to let her carry aboard a bag containing life-sustaining medications.

By Anne La Jeunesse
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        The family of a 75-year-old Inglewood woman who died in her native Guyana during a December 1997 visit has filed a wrongful death complaint against American Airlines and British West Indies Airline, claiming she died after an airline employee refused to let her carry aboard a bag containing life-sust...

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