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Kwon v. Singapore Airlines

District Court, N.D. California

Decided August 26, 2003No. C 02-02590BZPublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

ZIMMERMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.

In this action, plaintiff Jang Sool Kwon seeks damages from defendant Singapore Airlines for injuries Dr. Kwon allegedly received during the boarding process for Singapore Airlines flight number SQ0015 in San Francisco, California. 1 The parties agree that this action is exclusively governed by the Warsaw Convention. 2

This case was bifurcated for trial. Trial of all liability issues, including defenses to liability, commenced on July 28, 2003. Having considered and weighed all the evidence and having assessed the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Air France v. SaksSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan TsengSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983, Korean Air Lines Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1991
  5. Husain v. Olympic AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by3 opinions

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  2. Furuta v. Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Hawaii · 2022
  3. Williams v. American Airlines, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2025

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