Colorado mom of infant who overheated on United flight has retained an attorney

The Federal Aviation Administration does not have regulations on how hot it can be inside an airplane cabin, and now a Colorado mother whose infant overheated on a delayed plane has hired an attorney to push her case.

Emily France, the mother whose 4-month-old son overheated on a United Airlines flight June 22 in Denver, said she does not want other mothers and babies to endure a lengthy delay in a hot cabin after her baby had to be rushed by ambulance to an emergency room.

Her attorney, David Rapoport of Chicago, said he hopes the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board get involved, and that he would be prepared to file a lawsuit on France’s behalf if United Airlines doesn’t prove reasonable and fair in its response to France’s complaints.

“Cabin safety for infants and everyone else is part of an airline’s job,” Rapoport said in a statement to The Denver Post. “Airlines owe their passengers the highest duty of care under federal and state law. Infant safety is part of that duty, and the airline here failed everyone aboard that overheated flight.”

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/28/colorado-mother-united-airlines-baby-overheated/