Judge Dismisses UCL Claim Over Scantily Clad Passenger’s Removal From Plane

Mealey's (May 23, 2023, 1:40 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge granted in large part an airline’s motion to dismiss an African American woman’s lawsuit against an airline accusing it of racial bias in violation of federal civil rights statutes and California’s unfair competition law (UCL) for an incident in which she and her aunt were removed from a plane partly due to her revealing outfit but declined to dismiss her claim for intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED)....