DVT victims lose legal fight to sue airlines for payouts
VICTIMS of deep vein thrombosis - so-called economy class syndrome - today lost their appeal to the Law Lords for the right to claim compensation from airlines.
The House of Lords upheld earlier court judgements rejecting claims by air passengers or their families seeking to sue British Airways and other carriers for death and injury which they say was the result of DVT.
The Court of Appeal had ruled that the incident which caused DVT was a "non-event" and therefore could not be classed as an "accident" under the 1929 Warsaw Convention governing air travel.
Lawyers for eight claimants argued in the Lords that the airlines had failed to warn passengers that the combination of cramped flying conditions and long hours in the air may give rise to DVT.
DVT is a blood clot which develops when movement is restricted. If clots reach the lungs they can be fatal.
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