B.C. passenger sues Air Canada for falling baggage injuries

A woman is suing Air Canada (TSX:AC) and two other, unnamed defendants for injuries she claimed she received after luggage fell from overhead bins on a flight.

In a Jan. 28 B.C. Supreme Court notice of civil claim, Banyard said she was flying from Vancouver to Montreal on her way to Munich, Germany, when two other passengers lost control of luggage they were putting in the bins. Banyard said the falling luggage hit her head and shoulders.

She said a flight attendant checked on her but she felt well enough to continue with the flight.

However, Banyard said, half an hour into the flight, she began to feel pressure in her…