Cruz, Maria v. v. Amer Airln Inc

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.

SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:

Appellants seek reversal of a decision of the district court limiting their recovery for lost luggage to the amount set forth in the Warsaw Convention, and dismissing their common law fraud and deceit claims. We vacate in part the district court’s entry of judgment against appellants. We hold that American Airlines’ failure to comply with the baggage weight notice provisions of the Convention precludes it from relying on the Convention’s liability limitations, but that appellants’ common law claims are preempted…