American Airlines has replaced the legal team that was defending the company in a lawsuit revolving around the alleged filming of a 9-year-old girl in an aircraft bathroom after attorneys with that firm blamed the victim in a court filing.
Plaintiff’s attorneys tell the Dallas Morning News they were notified of the change in counsel for the carrier on Friday. The switch comes after American rescinded a filing from the outside law firm saying the injuries caused to the young victim were caused by the girl’s “own fault and negligence, were proximately caused by (her) use of the compromised lavatory, which she knew or should have known contained a visible and illuminated recording device.”
