Robert v. Pan American World Airways

Defendant has been granted summary judgment, in an action to recover the value of a sable jacket stolen from plaintiff’s luggage while checked with defendant, on the ground that plaintiff failed to give the airline timely notice of the loss.

The motion was based on the defense in the answer that the airline had been exonerated from liability under the conditions of the contract between the parties and defendant’s applicable tariff. The moving affidavit puts it thus: “ A’provision of Pan American’s Passenger Rules Tariff on file with the Civil Aeronautics Board mandates that no action shall lie…