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Little Rock award excludes sexual relationship

Nancy Chu, a survivor of the American Airlines flight 1420 crash at Little Rock in 1999, sought damages, including punitive damages for the anguish suffered from a sexual relationship with an emergency team member. She claimed American was negligent in its training of trauma counsellor Jim Strothers, who she alleges took advantage of her while she was in shock. He claims the affair was consensual but has resigned for violation of company policy.

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