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Woman left sleeping on plane sues airline

A woman who fell asleep on a Philly-bound flight and woke to find herself trapped in the cabin more than three hours after it had landed filed suit against the airline alleging false imprisonment.

Ginger McGuire, a Ferndale, Mich. woman who fell asleep on a plane and was left aboard for four hours after it landed in Philadelphia, demonstrates how she was sleeping, during a press conference at lawyer Geoffrey Fieger's, left,  Southfield, Mich. office on Thursday May 27, 2010. Fieger announced a lawsuit against the airlines on Thursday on behalf of McGuire.  The Detroit News reports that her four-count lawsuit filed in Wayne Circuit Court alleges negligence, false imprisonment, emotional distress and breech of contract against the two airlines, Trans States which works in conjunction with United Airlines, leaving her locked on an airplane for four hours after it landed.  (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Brandy Baker)
Ginger McGuire, a Ferndale, Mich. woman who fell asleep on a plane and was left aboard for four hours after it landed in Philadelphia, demonstrates how she was sleeping, during a press conference at lawyer Geoffrey Fieger's, left, Southfield, Mich. office on Thursday May 27, 2010. Fieger announced a lawsuit against the airlines on Thursday on behalf of McGuire. The Detroit News reports that her four-count lawsuit filed in Wayne Circuit Court alleges negligence, false imprisonment, emotional distress and breech of contract against the two airlines, Trans States which works in conjunction with United Airlines, leaving her locked on an airplane for four hours after it landed. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, Brandy Baker)Read moreAP