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United Airlines Passenger Dragged From Flight Likely To File Lawsuit

United Airlines jets sit at gates at O'Hare International Airport. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
United Airlines jets sit at gates at O'Hare International Airport. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

The passenger who was dragged off that United flight on Sunday, David Dao, has been discharged from a hospital and is expected to file a lawsuit over what happened to him. One of his lawyers Thomas Demetrio said that Dao suffered a serious concussion, a broken nose and lost two teeth from what took place on the plane.

Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson gets the latest news from Curt Nickisch ( @CurtNickisch) of the Harvard Business Review.

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