The Supreme Court of Canada has heard the case of a serial litigator that his rights were violated because a unilinguial flight attendant on Air Canada served his wife a Sprite instead of a 7Up. She ordered the 7Up in French and it appears the attendant did not know what she was talking about. The other possibility (that there was no 7Up on board) is not explored in the story. The case has been bouncing around for years with various awarding and denying of monies. The flight was from Charlotte N. C. to Toronto. The top court ruled by a five-to-two margin Tuesday that the airline violated Michel and Lynda Thibodeau’s French-language rights but also found they did not qualify for monetary damages.
