Man Blames United Airlines for His Assault on Wife

This is one of those lawsuits that can be filed under “bewildering”. A man assaults his wife and blames United Airlines for serving him too much alcohol:

“Yoichi Shimamoto says United Airlines was negligent for allowing him to continue drinking to the point of inebriation during a flight from Osaka, Japan to San Francisco.

Shimamoto claims it was the multiple glasses of Burgundy, served at 20 minute intervals, which led him to strike his wife Ayisha, while the couple were walking through customs in December 2006.”

link: Passenger sues airline for making him so drunk he beat up his wife

It is surprising that the wife is not suing United Airlines too. It is not the United Airlines was forcing him to drink alcohol. It was a personal decision. Whatever happened to being personally responsible for one’s own conduct.

Catherine Forsythe