Bernice Kekona was traveling from Hawaii to Spokane with a transfer of planes in Portland. At the Portland airport, she fell down an escalator, resulting in significant injuries that led to her death, the suit states.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A U.S. District Judge ruled against Alaska Airlines’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed against it in connection with a woman’s fall down a Portland International Airport escalator in June 2017. The family of Bernice Kekona, a Spokane, Wash.