Legal Opinion
Rolnick v. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 15, 1982No. 81 CIV 0758PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
McLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, husband and wife, bring this action against defendant airline for personal injury sustained in an Israeli airport pri- or to an international flight. It is undisputed that the Warsaw Convention provides the basis for liability, if any. Article 17 of that document provides:
The carrier shall be liable for damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which caused the damage so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Basso v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Nallan v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Schoenbaum v. FirstbrookCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Subin v. GoldsmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by14 opinions
- McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
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- Pamela Sutera, and James Sutera v. Go Jokir, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Tsui Yuan Tseng, Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee v. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee-Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Knoll v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Colorado · 1985
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