India, Sept. 23 -- American Airlines has been ordered to pay over $11 million to a passenger who suffered a stroke during a flight from Miami to Madrid. The verdict was delivered last week after a six-day trial in a California US District Court.

The case involved Jesus Plasencia, who was traveling with his wife, Ana Maria Marcela Tavantzis, in November 2021 on American Flight 68. According to court documents, while the plane was still at the gate, Plasencia lost his ability to speak and could not pick up his phone, signs he was having a stroke, as per Business Insider.

Tavantzis alerted a flight attendant and the pilot, concerned about her husband's sudden symptoms. However, the complaint says the pilot dismissed her concerns, joked wit...