[release]MONTREAL - A Westmount resident's lawsuit against Air Transat, for failure to provide him with appropriated medical attention during a flight, was dismissed in small claims court this past Tuesday.
His illness? Sudden and mysterious bleeding in the area between his legs.
The curious incident occurred February 15, 2008 during a flight from Montreal to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Marcel Cote was comfortably seated in business class an hour after takeoff when, for some unknown reason, he felt enough discomfort to make an emergency visit to the washroom, where he discovered spots of blood on his body.
In a panic, Cote asked for the help of a flight attendant, who quickly came to his side. When the passenger noticed that the agent was female, he asked to be assisted by a male attendant because the bleeding seemed to be coming from his genital area.
When the male attendant came to him, Cote then asked to be closely examined so that the exact nature of the problem can be determined. The employee declined, giving him absorbent paper instead.
Indignant and distressed, Cote quickly expressed his wish to see a doctor.
Before supplying him with sanitary towels, the members of the flight crew told him they would contact a physician if the illness was grave enough. On arriving in Puerto Vallarta three hours later, Mr. Cote met with a travel agent he knew and she took him to the hospital in a taxi. He was examined by a doctor who determined Cote had a ruptured vein near his scrotum. Three stitches were needed to close the wound.
What started off as a dream trip to a Southern paradise with his wife, in the end turned into a nightmare Cote said, claiming the incident ruined his vacation and has made him anxious about flying.
Cote sued Air Transat and the employees on the flight that day, accusing them of failing to provide appropriate medical assistance, seeking damages of $8,000 for the anguish he suffered as a result of their neglect.
But judge Michele Pauze rejected Cote's case.
In her decision, she said she agreed with arguments offered by Air Transat representative Chantal Chlala, who explained to the court that flight attendants do not have the right to examine passengers, and even less to make a diagnosis.
"It was not incumbent upon a flight attendant to conduct the medical examination of a passenger, a measure reserved for the medical profession,"
wrote judge Pauzé.
Although she conceded that Cote could very well have experienced troubling moments in the episode, the judge maintained that "nothing in the facts (put before us) proves that that the situation was dangerous or worrisome to the point of requiring the immediate attention of a doctor."
Not only did Pauze rule against Cote, she also ordered him to pay for the court costs incurred by Air Transat, amounting to $189.
[url]http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2010/03/05/13132366-qmi.html[/url][/release]
I bet that was one nutty situation
Aw nuts
The guy probably has crabs.
It was quite a ballsy move for him to sue, that man is quite the nut for thinking he could win.
[quote]He was examined by a doctor who determined Cote had a ruptured vein near his scrotum. Three stitches were needed to close the wound.[/quote]
This isn't unreasonable. Why do you keep on making these news threads
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I cringed the entire time I read.
[QUOTE=Termy58;20622795]This isn't unreasonable. Why do you keep on making these news threads[/QUOTE]
I never said this one was unreasonable, the other thread about the family suing like 7 people was.
That sure is a ballsy lawsuit.
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Nuts to him for taking on that airline, the chutzpa of some people.
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I sure hope the attendant gets sacked for poorly handling the situation.
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I would hate if my carry-on bag got damaged like that.
Too much Viagra.
What a dumbass.
Imagine the cojones on that guy's lawyer, eh?
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Man, that sure is a rip in the pouch.
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I wonder if he had juevos for breakfast.
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I guess he had a little trouble smuggling those kiwis.
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He's suing for 8000 dollars? Why that's enough to buy a whole new set of family jewels.
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Alright folks, move along, no more puns to see here.
I wish people could sue for not having women look at their scrotum.
Although the courts would probably be busy
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;20622847]I cringed the entire time I read.[/QUOTE]
i'm sure if he had a knife in his arm the attendants would treat his wound without question, a scrotum is part of the human body just like an arm, what is the difference. hemorrhaging is hemorrhaging
But if they fucked up sewing his arm up. Than he would sue them for malpractice.
Man Period.
They're flight attendents, not doctors, the hell did he expect, a surgery wing on the airplane?
Why the fuck did he decline the female?
I'd be like :woop: in this situation if it was a female doing this.
[QUOTE=xxncxx;20630135]Why the fuck did he decline the female?
I'd be like :woop: in this situation if it was a female doing this.[/QUOTE]
:gay:
[QUOTE=xxncxx;20630135]Why the fuck did he decline the female?
I'd be like :woop: in this situation if it was a female doing this.[/QUOTE]
He probably didn't want to embarrass her/himself. Although I don't get why he expected the male flight attendants to have medical experience enough to be able to look at his ballsack and determine what the problem was.
I'd have said 'no' too. Not gonna look at some guy's bleeding ballsack if there's nothing I can do about it.
Flight attendants probably though he was a sex affender wanting someone to tough his balls
[QUOTE=DANKA;20623864]I wish people could sue for not having women look at their scrotum.
Although the courts would probably be busy[/QUOTE]
YOU SON OF A BITCH YOU STOLE MY AVATAR
/caps
Vince Offer sues airlines, comments "They didn't love my nuts."
[QUOTE=xxncxx;20630135]Why the fuck did he decline the female?
I'd be like :woop: in this situation if it was a female doing this.[/QUOTE]
Women aren't constantly horny and craving for genitalia of the opposite sex unlike men.
also
[quote]dismissed in [B]small[/B] claims court[/quote]
eloel
Must be those shitty airline peanuts.
A night in the sack will make him forget all about it.
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