In March 2018, a lawsuit was filed against Southwest Airlines. The aviation firm has seen the wrongful death lawsuit filed against them on behalf of a Prairie Village resident who was injured on a Southwest Airlines flight. Filed on behalf of him by his family, the issue stems from how the man, who was disabled, wasn’t cared for appropriately on the flight he took.
Eugene Dreyer, 81, was the victim of serious injuries when on-board the flight. His seatbelt had become undone, and he was thrown against a cabin wall during the flight due to the seatbelt issue. His family has alleged a chart of wrongful death against Southwest Airlines, after Dreyer died months later from injuries sustained during the incident.
The claim is to point out and highlight the careless negligence of the airline and its employees during the flight. Dreyer, a financial advisor, was unable to use his legs after contracting polio. Wheelchair bound, he was on the flight with his wife and an assistant heading from Kansas City to Fort Lauderdale, FLA.
He was wheeled on their plane by Southwest Airlines staff, and was placed in the front row of the aircraft. Before the take-off took place, though, Dreyer asked for an extension to his seatbelt. He was buckled in by a member of staff who used both the seat belt and the extension. The suit states that neither Dreyer, his wife or their assistant touched the seatbelt during the flight operation.
“Loss of Cognitive functions and severe depression”
Taking place on February 21, 2017,Dreyer suffered heavily from the impact. The plane, upon landing, began the process of deceleration. At this point, it is claimed that the belt “failed to restrain him” and that he “flew forward into the bulkhead wall,” per the allegations made in the lawsuit itself. According to the suit, “Eugene Dreyer hit his head, leg, foot, shoulder and other parts of his body onto the front bulkhead wall.”
He suffered significant injuries to the head, shoulder, foot and leg – and broke his femur. “He suffered loss of cognitive functions and severe depression,” the lawsuit claims.
Eugene died on April 23, 2017, and the claim alleges that this was a direct result of the injuries that he had suffered on the plane. As his wife and two children chase the suit and seek an unspecified volume in the claim, Southwest Airlines said that they have no comment to make on the matter “ahead of the legal process.”
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