A squared...my pal did lawyer up, and ran out of money fighting and fighting...he ended up screwed and the former copilot, when called to testify REFUSED as he was interviewing for Hawaiian Airlines, or was it Aloha.
DO NOT get screwed, be careful. My pal's career was severely impacted by this miscarriage of justice.
I sincerely wonder if he had gotten off the plane and went to a hotel and the copilot took the plane (legal under part 91) if he still would have gotten screwed.