A Beijing court has ruled Malaysia Airlines must pay 2.9 million yuan ($410,000) each to the families of eight passengers who went missing in the disappearance of Flight 370 more than a decade ago.
The court ordered the airline to pay each family compensation for the death of their loved one, funeral expenses, and damages stemming from emotional distress, it said in a statement Monday. Although it is not known what happened to the passengers, they have been declared legally dead.
There were 239 passengers and crew members on the flight that disappeared after departing Kuala Lumpur for Beijing in 2014. Despite years of searches, it’s unknown why the plane went down or what happened to the people on board. Most of the passengers were Chinese, and their families in China have continued to seek answers.
The court said that another 23 cases remain pending. In 47 other cases, families have reached agreements with the airlines and withdrawn their suits.
Last Wednesday, the Malaysian government said a search for the plane would resume Dec. 30.
Photograph: In this Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, file photo, a man views a fleet of Malaysia Airline planes on the tarmac of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, in Malaysia. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)
A Dunkin’ Donuts cashier who was stabbed by an Atlanta-area rapper has only the workers’ compensation remedy, even if the incident seems far outside the scope of work duties, the Georgia Court of Appeals has decided.
“In this case, the trial court erroneously concluded that (victim Mekia) Bryant’s injuries did not arise out of her employment because ‘there is a significant difference between the resolution of basic customer service dispute[s] and being subjected to criminal assault by a disgruntled customer,'” the appellate judges wrote in the Dec. 3 opinion. “That distinction, however, is one of degree, not kind, and we have previously held that injuries of the kind at issue in the present matter fall within the exclusive remedy provision of the Act.”
It all began almost exactly five years ago, when the rapper Marquavis Goolsby, also known as DaeDae, ordered at the drive-through at Dunkin’, a store owned by Peachstate Concessions. Bryant informed the rapper, whom she had never met, that the restaurant was out of the food items – certain flavors of doughnuts that he had requested, the court opinion explained.