Legal Opinion
Persaud v. Caribbean Airlines Ltd.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided May 21, 2014No. Nos. 12-md-2395 (ARR)(JMA), 12-cv-4891 (ARR)(JMA), 13-cv-230(ARR)(JMA)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND OPINION
ROSS, District Judge:
This is a personal injury action arising from the crash landing of Caribbean Airlines Flight BW 523 in the Republic of Guyana (“Guyana”) in 2011. The issue before this court is whether Guyana is a party to the Warsaw Convention (“Convention”).1 If Guyana is a party to the treaty, then the Convention governs this case — and its forum provision would deprive the court of subject matter jurisdiction.2 For the reasons discussed below, the court holds that Guyana is not a party to the Warsaw Convention. The court therefore denies defendant’s motion to dismiss…
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