An Israeli couple is suing United Airlines, claiming that their 6-year-old daughter was burned and “disfigured” after a hot meal slipped from a broken tray table on a flight to Newark.
Michal Fefferman and her daughter — referred to only by her initials, OF — were flying from Tel Aviv to Newark in July 2022 when a flight attendant handed her mother a tray of food, according to the lawsuit.
Fefferman claims he placed hot food on a folding table – but it escaped and scalded the child.
“Although the dining tray is supposed to provide a flat surface so that food and/or beverages such as the food tray at issue can be safely placed upon it, this particular tray table is defective, tilting downward toward the seat where the OF sits,” the lawsuit claims. state.
“The food content on OF’s eating tray was very hot and caused OF to suffer serious injuries (e) burns,” he said.
Fefferman requested “immediate medical attention” but the cabin crew was allegedly unable to provide it, “in part because United did not equip the aircraft used for the Flight with reasonable medical supplies to treat burn injuries.”
A couple is suing United Airlines for negligence, claiming their 6-year-old daughter suffered severe burns when a tray of hot food slipped from a damaged table during a flight from Israel to Newark, New Jersey. Getty Images
The girl “suffered extreme discomfort for the remainder of the 12-hour Flight,” according to a lawsuit filed by Fefferman and her husband, Ben, in US District Court in Chicago.
He is “now scarred and disfigured,” the family claims.
The lawsuit accuses the airline of numerous failures, including not preparing food at a “reasonably safe temperature,” serving meals “intended for children,” checking food temperature and maintaining tray tables.
The girl was left “scarred and disfigured” during the incident, the lawsuit alleges. Aviation Fan/Facebook
The parents also claim United failed to properly train its flight attendants to deal with burn injuries.
The lawsuit seeks “past and future non-economic damages for injury, burns, disfigurement, scarring, discoloration, neurological deficit, impairment, pain, suffering, mental anguish, emotional distress, discomfort, humiliation, embarrassment, and loss of ability to enjoy his life, which he has experienced in the past and/or will continue to experience in the future.”
The Feffermans are seeking a jury trial for medical costs and compensatory damages in excess of $75,000.
The couple claimed negligence as well as liability under the Montreal Convention, an international treaty that stipulates that airlines are liable for injuries unless they can prove the passenger was negligent.
A United representative told The Post: “We cannot comment on pending litigation.”
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