Aussie woman sues Singapore Airlines following health complications

A Melbourne woman has sued Singapore Airlines after a chain of events on a flight ended with injury on her leg.

Jennifer Green, 71, alleged that she injured her leg when a Singapore Airlines flight attendant made her husband "jerk" into her by spilling a tray of drinks onto his lap.

In a written submission to Victoria's Supreme Court, Green was unable to specify what caused the flight attendant to spill the drinks she was carrying but that the chain of events made her right foot collide with the seat's metal footrest.

The collision with the footrest prompted a devastating series of actions, Green alleged, including multiple health complications such as aggravating her diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.

In the submission, published in Fairfax Media on Thursday, Green said the incident caused "soft tissue injury caused by a blow to the lower right leg, development of right leg cellulitis caused by the said blow to the right lower leg, aggravation of rheumatoid arthritis and aggravation of type-one diabetes."

Green said her prognosis remains "uncertain."

The events took place shortly after takeoff on Singapore Airline flight 228 from Melbourne to Singapore in July 2014.

In the submission to the court Green asked the Supreme Court to also order the airline, which ranks as the tenth biggest airline in the world for passengers carried, to pay for her hospital and medical bills.

It is not known how much Green is seeking in compensation from the airlines. Endit