Ostrich Growers Want Airline to Shell Out

Continental Airlines is being sued for scrambling 108 ostrich eggs.

The football-size eggs were shipped from Texas to Utah in 18 boxes marked fragile. They arrived at David and Donna Schmidt’s ostrich farm dented and leaking, Donna Schmidt said. Only six eggs could be hatched, according to a lawsuit the Schmidts filed Wednesday in district court.

Continental’s corporate communications office had no comment. The Schmidts are asking the airline for $18,360, which they say is the value of the damaged eggs. They also are seeking $148,000 for the estimated value of the chicks.