In an aviation lawsuit, can one plaintiff file suit against an airline company such as United, or must there be a class action suit?
A common misconception is that a lawsuit against a huge corporation, such as United Airlines, is impossible to win unless there are several plaintiffs who will all attack the corporation in a class action. This is simply untrue. Single plaintiff lawsuits against airliners are commonly filed, settled, or won at trial. In addition, such lawsuits are not limited to only severe crashes where individuals are killed or severely injured. In fact, some individuals have torn muscles and/or ruptured spinal discs from sliding down evacuation ramps, experiencing rough landings, or having luggage fall from storage bins on their head.
