Analysis

United Airlines Incident Highlights Limited Consumer Rights

By Linda Chiem (April 11, 2017, 8:03 PM EDT) -- A viral video of United Airlines forcibly removing a passenger to give up his seat for airline crew underscores the limited legal rights that passengers have to challenge boarding procedures, experts say, raising questions as to how swiftly lawmakers might embrace consumer protection regulations amid public outrage over the incident....

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