Fined $300 for Refusing to Commit a Federal Crime
James Hickman
August 21, 2026
In 2012, a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran named Jerry Meekins bought a $197 Spirit Airlines ticket to Atlantic City to visit his daughter. Then his doctor told him two things: he had terminal cancer, and he could not fly. Meekins asked for his money back. Spirit said no. He offered a letter from his
