Hibbard v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.

Defendant-appellant, Transworld Airlines, Inc. ("TWA"), appeals a bench trial judgment awarding $1,396 to plaintiff-appellee, Norah Nick Hibbard, as damages for luggage Hibbard lost while on a TWA flight from Cincinnati, Ohio, to London, England.

On March 12, 1985, Hibbard had to make an emergency trip to London where her father was hospitalized. Hibbard telephoned TWA and made arrangements for TWA's first available flight to London. Hibbard arrived at the airport only five minutes before her flight's departure. TWA personnel quickly checked Hibbard in and handed her her ticket and boarding…