Interesting: United Settlement Precludes Dao From Suing Police

United announced last week that they had reached a settlement with Dr. Dao following the incident in which he was forcibly dragged from the plane when he refused to give up his seat for deadheading crew. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed, which is not uncommon in these situations. That said, it seems that United paid dearly in order to quickly put this behind them and prevent the case from dragging out in court. There had been speculation that Dao and his legal team would then move on toward suing the city of Chicago for the abusive treatment he received from three city Aviation Security Officers. After all, they were the ones who ultimately roughed him up, not United. His lawyer had even said that he would need plastic surgery to repair some of those injuries. The city of Chicago was apparently preparing for the inevitable, with a few aldermen actually stating that they expected to eventually be on the hook for a big pay out.

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