Originally Posted by
mini
Mother hands over the child to next seat pax. - mothers decision, had option of otherwise buying a seat for mentioned sprog, where's the airline liability?
You're forgetting the difference between the truth and the litigation that might be necessary to try to establish the truth. There are few bounds to the ingenuity and persistence of lawyers trying to establish liability. In such a situation, it could cost EZY many tens of thousands of pounds just to prove that it was not liable. Many companies and insurers give up and pay out substantial sums of money as nuisance value settlements, even though they weren't to blame - just to avoid the costs of being right.
Where's the sense in that? Far better to avoid the problem to start off with.
(And this is a view from a lawyer.)