A New York woman is suing American Airlines following the death of her son, who went into cardiac arrest during a flight from San Pedro Sula, Honduras, to Miami on June 4, 2022.
Kevin Greenidge went into cardiac arrest and became unconscious, according to a lawsuit recently filed by his mother Melissa Arzu in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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The external defibrillator on board the plane was not charged, according to Fox Business. Arzu’s lawsuit alleges that Greenidge's death was "caused wholly and solely by reason of the carelessness, recklessness and negligence of the defendant AMERICAN, its respective agents, servants and/or employees in failing to maintain an automatic external defibrillator (AED) on board the subject flight" and "failing to ensure that the AED and its mobile battery pack were fully and properly 'scharged."
American Airlines (AAL) has also been accused of "failing to train its employees with basic resuscitation technique" and "causing, permitting and allowing the mobile battery pack to drain down to no power thereby causing the AED to stop working."
"That as a consequence of the defendant’s negligence in failing to maintain a working defibrillator upon their flight caused, permitted and/or hastened the untimely death of... Kevin Greenidge," it added.
The lawsuit, which seeks damages and payment of attorney fees, draws upon the Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998, saying that the law "requires airlines to carry defibrillators aboard each aircraft with flight attendants" which "must be inspected regularly in accordance with inspection periods established in the operations specifications to ensure its condition for continued serviceability and immediate readiness to perform its intended emergency purposes."
American Airlines has not commented on the lawsuit.
