An 'emotional-support dog' attacked a man during a flight. He’s suing Delta and the owner.
A Delta Air Lines jet at LaGuardia Airport in New York. A man mauled by a emotional-support dog is suing the airline and dog owner following a 2017 incident. By Paulina Firozi Paulina Firozi Health policy and energy policy researcher Email Bio Follow May 29 at 4:09 PM An attack on a plane by a fellow passenger’s emotional-support dog left Marlin Jackson needing 28 stitches, according to a negligence lawsuit filed Friday against Delta Air Lines and the dog’s owner.
The alleged attack is one of numerous reports in the past few years of emotional-support animals causing trouble for airline passengers, incidents that have pushed airlines to crack down on which animals they allow on planes.In the months following the attack, Delta tightened rules around emotional-support and service animals.
The complaint alleges that despite an existing policy to require larger animals to be secured on the floor, the dog remained on his owner’s lap.
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