| Trip and Fall on TSA Stanchion in
Newark Airport Leads To Charge of Spoliation
in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Nov 27 –
Amy Ballis tripped and fell in
Newark International Airport
on July 23, 2018, at a TSA
checkpoint. She tripped over a
black metal bar attached to
the bottom of two stanchions
next to the x-ray
machine.
The
retractable nylon strap which
would have made the stanchions
more visible and effective
were not in place. Ballis
sued, and now complains that
the TSA has destroying the
evidence -- spoliation, she
alleged.
On
September 4 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Gregory H. Woods held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
During the proceeding, shade
was thrown at the contractor
Ninety Five South
Incorporated, and even at the
manufacturer of the
stanchions, which has not
(yet) been
sued.
The videos of the
incident have gone missing, or
have been destroyed. The
video, it was argued, shows
that the night before a
cleaning crew member unlatched
the stanchion thus setting up
the fall that was to happen.
The request is for more motion
practice.
The case is
Ballis et al v. United States
of America et al, 19-cv-5859
(Woods)
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