Plight of a High Profile Attorney

The week of July 24, 2008, wcbstv.com reported that New York City lawyer Thomas Mullaney is suing Delta Airlines Inc. for $5 million. His claim is that Delta was incompetent and was uninterested in his plight, which left him stranded in Paris for four days last October.His "plight" was an airport workers' strike, obviously something Delta Airlines had no control over.According to the published report, Mullaney maintains "Delta refused to let passengers rebook flights by telephone for "unfathomable" reasons and insisted they go to the chaotic airport and rebook there." [bold and italic text taken from report]Ultimately, Mullaney, an obviously wiser and much more learned person than those capitalists at Delta Airlines says he paid $5,000 for two round-trip tickets on American Airlines to return home and Delta refused to reimburse him for the unused portion.

Mullaney's lawsuit that he filed Wednesday in Manhattan, says he believes Delta stranded and failed to reimburse thousands of passengers. He is seeking class action status.According to his website, Mr. Mullaney graduated from Tufts University with a B.A. in 1991 and Boston Law School with a Juris Doctorate in 1996. Mr. Mullaney's website further explains that he has "formerly practiced as a litigator at White & Case LLP. a venerable New York City-based international law firm that served many of the world's largest corporations in highly complex cases, handling disputes concerning domestic and cross-border business transactions, securities matters, intellectual property rights, and white-collar criminal defense."One may assume, based on that statement, that Mr. Mullaney obviously has had great and in depth experience with such complex issues as this and now seeks an opportunity to make an example of Delta for its refusal to satisfy his request that he be allowed to rebook over the phone.

The Apostle Paul speaks of Lawsuits among believers in 1 Corinthians 6. He explains in 1 Corinthians 6:7 [NIV]that "The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means you have been completely defeated already." He continues in the verse to ask "Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?" Defeated is the past tense of "defeat", which means according to The Consolidated-Webster Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary "loss of battle" . When one is the party that experiences the "loss of battle", that individual is inevitably, according to the Apostle Paul, by virtue of the fact that one even files a lawsuit rather than be wronged or cheated, is consequently a LOSER.

Only when our elected officials finally take frivolous claims serious enough to require Plaintiff's that invent such frivolous claims to protect the Defendant of these claims from having to outlay enormous amounts of legal fees to defend themselves, will all consumers benefit from the inevitable passing on of said legal fees and costs associated therein. In sum, even when a loser wins, we all lose.