A Southwest Airlines flight attendant who was infected with COVID-19 at a training session and gave it to her husband who later died has urged a Maryland federal judge to not toss the suit, saying the airline owed her husband a duty of care.
USA TODAY A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline, alleging that lax COVID-19 protocols during mandatory training last summer, and slack contact tracing after an attendee tested positive, led to her husband s death from the virus. Carol Madden, a 69-year-old Baltimore-based flight attendant who has worked for Southwest since 2016, is seeking more than $3 million in damages for what the lawsuit says was the airline s negligence, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland. She and her husband, Bill, a veteran and retired railroad signal engineer who drove her home from the one-day training session at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in July, got sick days after the training and eventually tested positive for COVID-19. Bill s oxygen levels plunged, and his health deteriorated so rapidly that he couldn t take his own temperature. He died a few weeks later in a York, Pennsylvania, hospital, with COVID pneumonia listed as the first cause of death. He was 73.
Southwest flight attendant sues airline over husband s COVID-19 death By Irina Ivanova Airlines lobby Congress for more bailouts A Southwest Airlines flight attendant whose husband died of COVID-19 is suing the carrier, alleging it failed to follow safety protocols at an employee training event and led to the worker contracting the disease and passing it on to her spouse. Carol Madden, 69, has worked for Southwest for four years, a job she described as her dream. Last summer, her husband, William Madden, drove her to and from a mandatory training session in Baltimore. Three days after the July 13 event, Madden and her husband both developed COVID-19 symptoms. While Carol Madden recovered, her husband was admitted to the hospital August 1 and died a week later at age 73.
Pictured, Carol Madden Southwest Airlines flight attendant with husband Bill Madden who she blames her employer for his COVID-19 death. Pictured, Carol Madden Southwest Airlines flight attendant with husband Bill Madden who she blames her employer for his COVID-19 death. Carol Madden Southwest Airlines flight attendant files lawsuit against her employer claiming they are responsible for her husband’s COVID-19 death as a result of lax protocols during mandatory work training last year. Claims she got sick and passed on virus on to husband who died shortly later. Does she have a legitimate case? A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a
Updated on April 29, 2021 at 9:38 am NBCUniversal, Inc. A Southwest Airlines flight attendant is suing the Dallas-based airline company in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging she caught COVID-19 at a mandatory training and transmitted the virus to her husband, who died from it a month later. Carol Madden, 69, lives in Pennsylvania and is based out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. On July 13, 2020, she attended a mandatory training for flight attendants according to her attorney Dan Mastromarco. Download our NBC DFW mobile app for Apple or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. There s a lot of intimate handling of various materials that flight attendants have to use, of course, they re training them for safety precautions during flights, said Mastromarco. They have to handle placards, they have hooded face masks from time to time, they have to handle door handles, they have to shout, sometimes scream, various safety measures, they have to handle test dummies.
Updated on April 29, 2021 at 10:39 am NBCUniversal, Inc. A Southwest Airlines flight attendant is suing the Dallas-based airline company in a wrongful death lawsuit alleging she caught COVID-19 at a mandatory training and transmitted the virus to her husband, who died from it a month later. Carol Madden, 69, lives in Pennsylvania and is based out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. On July 13, 2020, she attended a mandatory training for flight attendants according to her attorney Dan Mastromarco. Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. There s a lot of intimate handling of various materials that flight attendants have to use, of course, they re training them for safety precautions during flights, said Mastromarco. They have to handle placards, they have hooded face masks from time to time, they have to handle door handles, they have to shout, sometimes scream, various safety measures, they have to handle test dummies.
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I love my airline, but they didn t love me back : Southwest flight attendant blames airline for husband s COVID death Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline, alleging that lax COVID protocols during mandatory training last summer and slack contact tracing after an attendee tested positive led to her husband s death from the virus. Carol Madden, a 69-year-old Baltimore-based flight attendant who has worked for Southwest since 2016, is seeking more than $3 million in damages for what the lawsuit says was the airline s negligence, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland.
. (Tribune News Service) A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the airline, alleging that lax COVID-19 protocols during mandatory training last summer, and slack contact tracing after an attendee tested positive, led to her husband s death from the virus. Carol Madden, a 69-year-old Baltimore-based flight attendant who has worked for Southwest since 2016, is seeking more than $3 million in damages for what the lawsuit says was the airline s negligence, according to the suit filed in U.S. District Court in Maryland. She and her husband, Bill, a veteran and retired railroad signal engineer who drove her home from the one-day training session at Baltimore-Washington International Airport in July, got sick days after the training and eventually tested positive for COVID-19. Bill s oxygen levels plunged, and his health deteriorated so rapidly that he couldn t take his own temperature. He died a few weeks later in a York, Pennsylvania, hospital, with COVID pneumonia listed as the first cause of death. He was 73.