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People can sue for whatever they want, and settlements from large juries are always a risk assessment, not an admission of wrongdoing.



>...not an admission of wrongdoing.

The admission of wrongdoing came from the CEO:

>...Two days after the incident, Munoz issued an additional statement, apologizing and promising that such an incident would never again occur on a United aircraft. He said, "No one should ever be mistreated this way." In an ABC television interview, Munoz was asked, "Do you think [Dao] was at fault in any way?" Munoz responded, "No. He can't be. He was a paying passenger sitting on our seat in our aircraft."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Express_Flight_3411_inc...


A language that puts some conditions in some contract does not mean it can not be successfully challenged in court.




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