California lady says her CANCER returned after JetBlue flight attendants’ impolite habits



By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter For Dailymail.Com

17:15 24 Jul 2024, up to date 18:53 24 Jul 2024



A California lady has claimed that her most cancers returned following ‘merciless’ therapy by JetBlue.

Oksana Kiritchenko, 51, filed a lawsuit in opposition to the airline over the 2023 incident, which reportedly noticed her denied from flying along with her emotional help French bulldog in top notch.

She claims she had been on remission from Stage 4 most cancers till shortly after the confrontation with an airline worker, as first reported by The Unbiased. 

The federal go well with claims Kiritchenko and her 71-year-old husband Peter had been victims of ‘an unexplainable stage of merciless humiliation and mock’ as they tried to return house from Florida final September.

The couple say they’d paid a complete $4,295.60 for for 2 round-trip first-class tickets and despatched the airline the required types for touring with a service animal however weren’t allowed to take action.

Oksana Kiritchenko, 51, claims her most cancers returned following ‘merciless’ therapy by JetBlue
The couple say they’d paid $4,295.60 for for 2 round-trip first-class tickets and despatched the airline the required types for touring with a service animal however weren’t allowed to take action

Kiritchenko says all of it went in response to plan on their option to Florida from Los Angeles, with the canine Pier sat at their toes inside a journey bag within the top notch space.

However as they ready to board the flight again to LA, an airline agent approached the couple and raised questions on whether or not Pier was allowed to fly with them.

The go well with claims Peter has a ‘extreme incapacity affecting his skill to face’ however the airline worker was unmoved when knowledgeable concerning the couple’s well being points and ‘stored [them] standing for a really very long time.’

The worker finally knowledgeable the couple that certainly one of them must hand over their top notch sit to fly with the canine, per the go well with.

The submitting states: ‘Plaintiffs had a urgent must get again house (Mrs. Kiritchenko being a most cancers affected person needed to be regionally accessible in Los Angeles for her checkups), in order that they agreed.

‘Plaintiffs had been boarded on the airplane with Mr. Kiritchenko seated within the 1st class seat and Mrs. Kiritchenko seated in… financial system class with their canine in its journey bag.’

Nonetheless, because the airplane was making ready to take off, a flight attendant reportedly handed her a bag that was too small for the canine, and the airplane was ordered to return to the airport and the couple ‘ousted’ from the flight.

The federal go well with claims Kiritchenko and her 71-year-old husband Peter had been victims of ‘an unexplainable stage of merciless humiliation and mock’

The couple was then compelled to attend for one more flight the subsequent day, shopping for new tickets on Delta Airways and reserving a lodge room.

The go well with claims JetBlue trigger the couple ‘pointless financial damages’ and accuses the corporate of negligence and violations of the People with Disabilities Act.

Furthermore, the go well with provides, ‘These occasions triggered Mrs. Kiritchenko an excessive quantity of stress. Upon arrival house, she checked in to Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle hospital in Los Angeles. 

‘The check outcomes had proven the imply tumor molecules ranges (‘MTM/ml’) had risen to 0.59. A number of prior checks had been exhibiting check outcomes at 0.00.’

The couple is asking for reimbursement for hospital and medical bills, attorneys’ charges, and financial damages to be decided by a jury.

JetBlue has but to touch upon the go well with; the corporate has 21 days to formally reply to the claims. 

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