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Breast-feeding mom thrown off plane for breast-feeding daughter sues
www.sfgate.com MONTPELIER, Vt. -- A woman who was thrown off an airplane for breast-feeding her child, sparking a day of airport protests nationwide, is suing the three airlines involved in the flight. Emily Gillettes lawsuit, filed in US District Court in Burlington on Wednesday, comes nearly three years after she was taken off an airplane because she wouldnt cover herself with a blanket while nursing her 1-year-old daughter. Gillette, of Santa Fe, NM, said she was ejected from the flight as it prepared to take off after a three-hour delay. Her story generated interest around the nation, leading to a protest nurse-in in 19 airports in November 2006. Gillettes suit seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages from Delta Airlines, Freedom Airlines and Mesa Air Group. The lawsuit says Freedom uses Mesa aircraft to run flights under contract with Delta, and that Gillettes flight was booked with Delta. Delta spokesman Anthony Black said Thursday the Atlanta-based airline does not comment on litigation but supports a mothers right to breast-feed. A spokesman for Mesa, based in Phoenix, which owns Irving, Texas-based Freedom, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Meanwhile, the Vermont Human Rights Commission filed a state lawsuit Thursday against Mesa and Freedom. Executive Director Robert Appel said the commission had determined it could not hold Delta responsible for the actions of Mesa and Freedom. Appel cited a Vermont law that says a mother may ...
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Do the effects mentioned about the new Texas Congressional map include the insult to democracy?
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Here is my open letter to the Hon. Steve Emmert of the 31st District Court, Pampa, Tx:
Sir,
I find it hard to accept that leading western nations, who (...) Report Abuse
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