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American Airlines ordered to pay $11 million to a passenger who had a stroke on a Transatlantic flight

American Airlines has been ordered to pay more than $11 million to a passenger who had a stroke on board a flight. After a six-day trial, the jury reached a verdict last week in the two-year legal case in a California US District Court.Jesus Plasencia was traveling with his wife, Ana Maria Marcela Tavantzis, in November 2021 on board American Flight 68 from Miami to Madrid. Court documents say that while the plane was still at the gate, Plasencia briefly lost the ability to speak and was suddenly unable t ...