Legal Opinion
Egan v. Kollsman Instrument Corp.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1967PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
Mrs. Eileen M. Seiter was killed when the American Airlines plane on which she was a passenger crashed *164as it approached La Guardia Airport on February 3, 1959. Her administrators have brought this action for wrongful death and American has raised as an affirmative defense the limitation of liability provisions of the Warsaw Convention (49 U. S. Stat., pt. 2, p. 3000, hereinafter referred to as the “ Convention ”). Two questions are presented by this appeal: Was the final leg of the flight—from Chicago to New York City—to be deemed ‘ ‘ international transportation ’ ’ for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bates Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John Lisi, Etc. v. Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Ross v. Pan American Airways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- K. Chandapillai Seth v. British Overseas Airways Corporation, British Overseas Airways Corporation v. K. Chandapillai SethCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1964
- Lisi v. Alitalia-Linee Aeree ItalianeDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Kahn v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1981
- Goldstein v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National BankSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1972
- Executive Bank of Fort Lauderdale v. TigheAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1978
- Stratis v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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