Hammill v. Olympic Airways, S.A.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

CHARLES R. RICHEY, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case is before the Court on defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. The action arises out of the death of a Virginia resident on a flight between Corfu and Athens, Greece. Plaintiff herein is the administrator of the decedent’s estate, and the defendant is the Greek airline which scheduled the ill-fated flight.

For reasons which follow, the Court finds that plaintiff has properly alleged a common law cause of action for wrongful death based…