Legal Opinion
Cantor v. Piedmont Aviation, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided April 19, 1984No. 83-458PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Associate Judge:
Appellant Phyllis M. Cantor, plaintiff in the trial court, appeals from the grant of summary judgment to Piedmont Aviation, Inc. (Piedmont). Appellant had sued Piedmont for compensatory and punitive damages stemming from the airline’s negligent loss of her luggage. The trial court found that Piedmont’s liability was limited to $750 — a sum which appellant has already received — by a tariff which the airline previously filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board (C.A.B.) pursuant to the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, 49 U.S.C. § 1373(a) (1976). The court rejected appellant’s…
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