In the absense of a definition, I guess it's left to anyone's interpretation. We cant really deem someone to be wrong or right.
Is the the kind of language you want to see in a legal document? Especially a statement of claim? Ambiguous language is all the more reason to throw it out.
We all know the lawyers carefully chose the word "crash". As in "I was involved in an airplane crash and survived" when in reality they experienced a hard landing.
I find it odd that many passengers are trying to measure the potential for injury directly to the proximity of the damage on the airplane. If anything, those passengers closest to the fuselage damage experienced the least amount of force since the fuselage absorbed a great deal of it.
some less sturdy passengers
This statement is quite significant. If you are somewhat fragile or have a pre-existing ailment that makes you particularily susceptible to injury, you really shouldn't be riding in an airplane. Or a car for that matter.