Mom strip-searched at Detroit Airport awarded $40k

Shoshana Hebshi claims she was arrested and strip searched on Sept. 11, 2011.


After several appeals and decisions, both sides came to terms with the $40,000 settlement to compensate her for her humiliation. Frontier will amend its employee handbook.

The Airport Authority released a statement this statement after the settlement:

"On September 11, 2011, our internationally accredited police department, working with our federal law enforcement partners, acted quickly and responsibly, and followed appropriate protocols in responding to a request for help from one of our airline partners," said CEO Thomas Naughton. "I strongly support their actions.  We remain committed to vigilantly protecting the safety of the travelling (sic) public - our number one priority."