A Mississippi man who said that he was bitten by a brown recluse spider while on an American Airlines plane in 2016 has filed a lawsuit against the airline.
He claimed that a flight attendant on the flight downplayed the venomous spider as a mosquito, prompting the suit, according to the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger. Brown recluse spider bites can lead to infections, necrosis, and permanent scars.
