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.