Tess:

Over head bins on airplanes should be sealed and closed. How do things fall from the ceiling unless someone does not shut the bins. If they weren’t shut and Billy Mays autopsy confirms that he died from a cerebral hemorrhage his widow may have a case.

If his seat belt was unfastened or loosely fastened and he flew up in his seat and hit the overhead rack…this, too, would be negligence on the airlines part. Flight attendants MUST check before landing that all passengers are buckled in.

But if neither of these prove to be the case then it may be difficult to prove. A hemmorage is caused when the skull goes one direction and the brain goes another and then collide when things get back to normal. A simple fall, a slip and trying “to catch yourself”, bumping your head, all can cause this problem.

Either way, it will be a very difficult case to “win” regardless of the circumstances. I am sure that thousands die of this every year and, hopefully, it won’t become the medical litigation that “news” sites are stirring up.

Also, the news about Walter Cronkite is indeed sad but not tragic. Hopefully his last days are calm and sweet. The man is 92 and he has lived a wonderful, wonderful life. Two events in my life will always be associated with him: the walk on the moon, and the day of JFK’s assasination.