By Douglas
The pretrial conference in the Flying Imams case took place by telephone on February 5. Again, I'm not legally literate, but I grasp that the purpose of the pretrial conference is set up ground rules for the damages involved, the amount and scope of discovery, the rummaging of each side through the other side's business, and the time frame for when discovery finishes and when the actual trial starts.
It seemed pretty much like boiler-plate until it got to the alleged damages. It started with Ahmed Shqeirat:
Ahmed Shqeirat: Plaintiff Shqeirat has suffered intangible losses including pain, suffering, loss of liberty, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, humiliation, and the like. Because the damages are intangible, it is difficult to itemize the dollar amount of each element of the alleged damages. Plaintiff estimates the dollar amount of his damages to be well in excess of $100,000.
[So that's well in excess $100,000 in intangible damages. We haven't gotten to the tangible damages yet.]
Mr. Shqeirat's tangible damages include expenses incurred as a result of the inconvenience of traveling on airlines other than US Airways.
[It should be noted that Mr. Shqeirat, or any of the other imams, are permitted to fly on US Airways, so the inconvenience is purely manufactured.] Read more ...
The pretrial conference in the Flying Imams case took place by telephone on February 5. Again, I'm not legally literate, but I grasp that the purpose of the pretrial conference is set up ground rules for the damages involved, the amount and scope of discovery, the rummaging of each side through the other side's business, and the time frame for when discovery finishes and when the actual trial starts.
It seemed pretty much like boiler-plate until it got to the alleged damages. It started with Ahmed Shqeirat:
Ahmed Shqeirat: Plaintiff Shqeirat has suffered intangible losses including pain, suffering, loss of liberty, loss of enjoyment of life, emotional distress, humiliation, and the like. Because the damages are intangible, it is difficult to itemize the dollar amount of each element of the alleged damages. Plaintiff estimates the dollar amount of his damages to be well in excess of $100,000.
[So that's well in excess $100,000 in intangible damages. We haven't gotten to the tangible damages yet.]
Mr. Shqeirat's tangible damages include expenses incurred as a result of the inconvenience of traveling on airlines other than US Airways.
[It should be noted that Mr. Shqeirat, or any of the other imams, are permitted to fly on US Airways, so the inconvenience is purely manufactured.] Read more ...
Source: Crossword Bebop
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