Err... I am all for suing
The preachers wife sounds like a total pain in the a@se, and deserves to lose. But can the flight attendant be seriously claiming that she is suffering "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and Haemorroids!!" as result of the incident?!! I think she might be in the wrong job.
This kind of excessive claim discredits people who genuinely suffered injury as a result of real trauma and is an abuse of the legal system. A simple claim against the moron for assault and minor injuries would be enough to make the point. The airlines should agree that anyone banned from one airline will be banned from them all. That would be a genuine punishment without these type of ridiculous claims.
Reading about such claims makes me very stressed and I can feel a haemorroid coming on. Shall I sue PPRUNE?