Deep vein thrombosis has never become the windfall "asbestos of the air" that eager plaintiffs attorneys had predicted. But in a Friday decision, a San Francisco federal judge renewed the hopes of air travelers -- and their attorneys -- who say airline screw-ups resulted in life-threatening blood clots. Northern District of California Chief Judge Vaughn Walker wrote that in cases alleging an unforeseeable circumstance -- rather than a failure to alert passengers to DVT -- the claims may move forward.
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