Schafer v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

Bowman, Judge.

In 1988, appellant Richard E. Schafer filed suit seeking to recover compensatory and punitive damages for a second set of five airplane tickets appellant was required to purchase when appellant and his family missed an earlier flight for which he had previously purchased tickets in the amount of $508. After suit was filed, appellant was contacted by a representative of Continental Airlines, Inc., appellee, to discuss the possibility of a settlement. Following the telephone conversation between appellant and Vincent Nguyen, a law clerk employed by appellee, appellee did not file…