A Southwest Airline passenger has filed a lawsuit claiming the airline’s employees kicked her off of the flight after she took off her mask to drink water.
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The lawsuit was filed at a federal court in New York City last week by Medora Clai Reading. According to the lawsuit, Reading,68. said she removed her masks because she needed to drink water for a medical condition and has a medical exemption for a heart condition, low blood pressure, and claustrophobia. However, after being told to put her mask over her nose and mouth by a flight attendant, Reading was kicked off of the Palm Beach-bound flight. She was heading home from Washington D.C.
She has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the airline and added that the flight attendant ignored her medical exemption card. She claims the worker said, “We don’t care” in response to seeing the documentation.
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Reading said she tearfully exited out of the plane as she was escorted by a gate attendant. A rep for Southwest Airlines told the Miami-Herald there was no comment on Reading’s lawsuit due to pending litigation.
“There is no commentary to share in the media regarding now-pending litigation.”