Legal Opinion
Charles Kapar v. Kuwait Airways Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 12, 1988No. 87-7160PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Charles Kapar, initiated an action in District Court seeking damages from Kuwait Airways Corporation (“KAC”), Pan American World Airways, Inc. (“Pan Am”) and Middle East Airlines Airliban, S.A.L. (“MEA”) for personal injuries he sustained when a KAC flight on which he was a passenger was hijacked. The District Court dismissed Kapar’s claims against KAC and Pan Am, ruling that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over both carriers under Article 28(1) of the Warsaw Convention…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Pamela Williams v. Life Savings and LoanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
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