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Priority Travel News: Appeals court tosses verdict against airline

Boston - A Florida man of Portuguese descent did not have his civil rights violated when the captain of an American Airlines flight ordered him off his flight for security reasons, a federal appeals court in Boston ruled this week.
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The appeals court overturned a federal jury's verdict in the case, ruling it had erred in ordering American Airlines to pay $400,000 in damages to the passenger, John Cerqueira, because the jurors received the wrong instructions. Full Story - Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News