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A B.C. woman claims she was injured at Vancouver International Airport after asking for a wheelchair to leave an Air Canada flight.
A woman who claims she was injured while leaving an Air Canada flight at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) unaided after asking for help is suing both organizations.
In a notice of civil claim filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Jan. 9, Judith Marlene Morgan alleged the airline, YVR and a wheelchair provision company were negligent in their duty to assist her.
Morgan was on an Air Canada flight from San Francisco to Vancouver on Jan. 16, 2022, the claim said.
She said when she checked in at San Francisco International Airport she requested wheelchair assistance in Vancouver.
Morgan claims Air Canada “failed or refused to provide wheelchair assistance” when she left the plane in Vancouver.
Court documents state she asked again while disembarking the plane.
The claim said Morgan was told to go up the disembarkation…
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