Two gay men filed invasion-of-privacy claims against an airline, alleging that the defendant company placed a sex toy on top of their luggage in an effort to humiliate them. A trial court dismissed their claims, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed that decision.
The background to the Fifth Circuit’s Nov. 4 per curiam decision in Christopher J. Bridgeman v. United Continental Holdings Inc. is as follows, according to the opinion.
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