An altercation between two passengers on a Southwest plane forced a San Francisco-bound flight to turn around and make an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Sunday night, airport officials said.
Source: Southwest flight makes emergency landing at LAX after passenger ‘choked’ woman – LA Times
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Passenger can certainly sue the attacking passenger for assault. If passenger attacks flight attendant, then flight attendant can sue for workers’ compensation and sue the attacker.