Frontier airline passengers have filed a class action lawsuit claiming that the airline fails to respond appropriately to incidents of sexual assault committed by other passengers on flights.
The Frontier sexual assault class action lawsuit was filed by Lena Ramsay and an anonymous passenger referred to as Jane Doe. The two women say that they experienced sexual assault by a fellow passenger while on a Frontier flight.
According to the two passengers, Frontier failed to protect them by not having proper procedures in place to deal with incidents of sexual assault.
Ramsey says that in her case, she was sexually assaulted by a male passenger doing a flight from Denver to Providence, R.I. that took place on Oct. 20, 2018. Ramsey claims that she immediately reported the incident to a flight attendant, who allegedly refused to let her switch seats to move away from her assaulter.
Allegedly, the flight attendant did not report the incident, nor did they contact law enforcement to have them meet the plane when the flight landed.
As a whole, Frontier reportedly refused to help Ramsey gain evidence concerning her assault, which included refusing to provide her and the FBI with identities of her assaulter and potential witnesses.
Similarly, Doe says that she was sexually assaulted by a male passenger on a Frontier flight from Denver to Florida on Nov. 30, 2018. Like Ramsey, Doe says that when she reported her assault to the flight attendant, the flight attendant did not report the incident and did not contact law enforcement to have authorities meet the plane when landing.
The airline sexual assault class action lawsuit says that as in Ramsey’s case, Frontier refused to corporate and assist Doe with matters around her assault, including refusing to provide names of potential witnesses of the incident.
The passengers argue that Frontier has “an affirmative duty to aid and protect its passengers” and did not live up to this duty. Allegedly, the duty that Frontier has to its passengers includes protecting them from sexual assault during their flights.
The Frontier class action lawsuit claims that the airline does not have policies and procedures in place to deal with sexual assault. Additionally, the company allegedly does not report in-flight sexual assaults to the authorities if they are made aware of the assault, nor do they cooperate with authorities in the process of reporting and investigating an in-flight sexual assault.
Allegedly, Frontier should know that in-flight sexual assaults are an issue and should take steps to deal with the problem.
Ramsey and Doe note that in June 2018, the FBI issued a statement that assaults on commercial flights are increasing rapidly and that reported cases could only be a fraction of the total number of assaults committed.
The sexual assault class action lawsuit joins two other class action lawsuits filed against Frontier alleging air quality problems and discrimination against pregnant employees.
The passengers are represented by Jonathan D. Selbin, Annika K. Martin, Anne B. Shaver and Rachel E. Green of Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Tyler H. Fox of Tyler Fox Esq., and Pamela Maass of Maass Law.
The Frontier Airline Sexual Assault Policy Class Action Lawsuit is Lena Ramsey, et al. v. Frontier Inc., Case No. 1:19-cv-03544, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.
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