Despite what you may have heard, lawyers are, in fact, human beings with interests and hobbies all their own. They are not, I repeat not, robots sent from the future solely for the purpose of billing hours, drafting documents, and negotiating terms. Not all of them anyway.
In TGIF, I touch on some of my own interests primarily through the lens of the “Rules of the Game”, focusing on the rules and incentives that affect many aspects of our daily lives. I may even crack a joke or two. Hard to say.
TGIF will be published regularly on (surprisingly enough) Friday mornings. For more information, check out www.hoeglaw.com or drop Rick a line at rhoeg@hoeglaw.com.
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In the spirit of my last TGIF post, “On Being United“, comes the stirring sequel.
Flight 2222
Editor’s Note: Like most cases tried in the media and not in a court of law, there is a fair amount of dispute regarding the facts on the ground here. In looking at the issues, I will attempt to keep an even view of the factual possibilities, but keep in mind that stories regularly change as each side gets its say. The bulk of the facts presented here come from the investigative story posted at heavy.com here.
On April 23, 2017, Brian Schear, his wife, and his 2-year-old son, Grayson, boarded Flight 2222 from Maui to Los Angeles. The family sat in three separate seats for which they had purchased tickets.
Sometime after boarding, the family was approached by Delta personnel requesting to have young Grayson removed from his seat. The Delta attendants informed Mr. Schear that they were empowered to make this request because the seat in question was reserved under the name Mason Schear, the family’s 18-year-old son.
Mr. Schear explained to the Delta crew that he had paid for Mason to return to Los Angeles on an earlier flight expressly for the purpose of using the family’s third seat on young Grayson.
He taped the resulting confrontation.
Continue reading “TGIF: May 5, 2017 – The “Delta” Between Service and (Wind) Schear”
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