Legal Opinion
Donkor v. British Airways, Corp.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 12, 1999No. 1:97-cv-03949PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TRAGER, District Judge:
Plaintiff, Nana Serwaa Donkor (“Don-kor”), brought an action in New York State Civil Court, County of Queens alleging that defendants, British Airways, Corp. (“British Airways”), and YLJ Travel Service (“VLJ”), bore liability under theories of tort and contract for the harms Donkor suffered as a result of her having been detained and deported by the British Immigration Office during an unexpectedly long layover in England while she was flying from the United States to France. British Airways removed the case to federal court and now moves that its…
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