Q: I was on a flight and was pricked by a dirty needle found in a blanket provided by them. Any legal action possible?
I was on a flight from Delhi, India to San Francisco, USA and was pricked by a dirty appearing needle that was in a "new" blanket provided by them. I contacted the staff on the flight and an incidence report was filed. Once I landed the manager essentially avoided all questions and tried to prevent me from taking any action. Please advise. I had to get a panel of blood tests to make sure I did not contract anything.
A: Send them the bill from the blood tests. Not sure what you mean by manager tried to prevent you from taking action--I assume it was he didn't want to tell you where to file a complaint etc. I'd mention this in your letter, point out that it' should be hoped that they would give clean fresh blankets each flight, and presumably would have found it via that or metal detector.
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