Legal Opinion
Gill v. Lufthansa German Airlines
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided November 5, 1985No. CV 84-4948PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
On June 18, 1983, Dr. G. Hirsch Gill, Ph.D. arrived at JFK International Airport in Queens, New York to board Lufthansa German Airlines (Lufthansa) flight 401 to Frankfurt, Germany, connecting with flight 002 to Copenhagen, Denmark. Dr. Gill checked one suitcase and received a claim check for it. Nevertheless, at the gate as he attempted to board the plane a Lufthansa employee insisted that a bag Dr. Gill was carrying on board be checked. It is unclear why the employee insisted that the bag could not be carried on. Dr. Gill, a man well-prepared to…
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