Overview
- The family's federal wrongful-death lawsuit, filed April 22, 2026, says Spirit confirmed airport assistance for 75-year-old Marcos Humberto Vindel Osorio and then failed to provide it.
- Osorio arrived from Honduras on June 8, 2024, and cleared U.S. Customs alone at 7:43 p.m., and hours later police found him miles from George Bush Intercontinental Airport on the Eastex Freeway after he was struck by multiple vehicles.
- Relatives say they told Spirit staff at Honduras' Palmerola International Airport that Osorio had mild dementia and needed help deplaning and navigating the terminal, which the complaint says the airline acknowledged in advance.
- The suit cites the Air Carrier Access Act, a federal law that requires airlines to assist passengers with disabilities, including cognitive impairments, and it seeks compensatory, survival, and wrongful-death damages.
- Spirit, now in bankruptcy and winding down operations, declined to comment, and an initial pretrial conference is set for July 17, which could leave the timeline and any recovery uncertain for the family.