1420 crash will haunt mother, 2 daughters, expert says
Stephanie Manus is always only a word or thought away from a cue that will bring back the horror she experienced on American Airlines Flight 1420, a psychologi…
The Crash of Flight 1420
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Crash trial goes on without lead lawyer
The Manus family's federal damages trial against American Airlines continued Tuesday without their primary attorney, Ted Boswell of Bryant, who became ill afte…
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Family muddled since plane crash, father testifies
In their Easter dresses, the Manus girls, Emily, 4, and Lauren, 6, met the federal jury Wednesday that will decide how much money they will receive for the men…
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Woman, 2 daughters claim post-crash stress in Flight 1420 lawsuit
Contending that the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 traumatized them for life, a Benton woman and her two little girls opened their damages lawsuit agai…
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Jury awards Flight 1420 survivor $5.7 million
After more than 10 hours of deliberating, a federal jury Wednesday awarded Nancy Chu $5.7 million for mental and physical injuries she received in the crash of…
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Jury still out in Chu suit; deliberations resume today
Jurors deliberating the damages lawsuit brought by Nancy Chu against American Airlines did not reach a verdict Tuesday, leaving federal court after 5 hours and…
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Testimony in suit against American ends
After nine days of testimony, lawyers on both sides of the lawsuit Little Rock woman Nancy Chu brought against American Airlines concluded Monday. The case wil…
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1420 crash: Two testify on outlook for survivor
Two witnesses for American Airlines testified Thursday that the outlook for Flight 1420 survivor Nancy Chu isn't as bleak as her attorneys suggest, one saying …
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Feels betrayed by affair, crash survivor tells jury
Nancy Chu told a federal jury Wednesday that she was unable to recall the early course or the emotional depth of her sexual relationship with an American Airli…
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Flight 1420 plaintiff sobbingly testifies about her distress
Nancy Chu became hysterical three times Tuesday, giving a federal jury a first-hand look at her emotional state as she testified about what she experienced whe…
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Airline boss gave raise after learning of affair
Jim Struthers' boss testified Monday that he found out Struthers was "involved" with a American Airlines Flight 1420 survivor six months after the affair start…
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Jet crash survivor needs $3 million, rehabilitation specialist testifies
Flight 1420 survivor Nancy Chu will need at least $3 million from American Airlines to pay for a live-in companion, someone to mow her lawn, psychotherapy and …
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Head trauma profoundly affected 1420 victim, doctors, friend testify
The trauma Nancy Chu sustained in the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 has altered her personality, and while the differences might be slight to a strang…
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Survivor's brain slid in skull, doctor says
Nancy Chu's brain slid around in her head like a bowl of gelatin being bumped into a wall when American Airlines Flight 1420 crash-landed 22 months ago, her ps…
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Lawyers to air affair of victim, airline worker
An American Airlines employee assigned to care for a Flight 1420 survivor became sexually involved with her just days after the crash, taking advantage of a wo…