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Liability Risk and Insurance

Appeal decision calls for wider seat space

In rejecting JMC’s appeal against Macclesfield County Court’s £500 award to Brian Horan (see LRI 140) for fear of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) when he was denied legroom ‘to a reasonable standard’ on a flight from Canada, Judge Edwards in Chester County Court condemned the lack of legroom for the majority of passengers on longhaul flights.

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