I know the station manager at CAE and called her to ask about this. There was no lightening in the area at the time, although there were cells building. The ramp was not closed, and there was no indication that there was going to be lightening in the immediate area as this was the first strike of the cell. The flight crew would likely not have known that the storm was building after they landed and were taxiing to the gate. This flight was a diversion from CLT and the airplane had to wait for over 20 minutes before getting an area to taxi to and deplane. A lot can happen in 20 minutes.

Sorry, but this was not the flight of the flight crew.

Also, there is quite a bit of debate if the passenger was actually injured. The strike was reported to be off the airport property by quite some distance. It looks to be a case of someone trying to sue for nothing. There were no visable injuries and the passengers standing directly near this person reported nothing.