Adamsons v. American Airlines, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard W. Wallach, J.

The trial jury has rendered a verdict in the sum of - $525,000 in favor of plaintiff in this action to recover damages for personal injuries against defendant American Airlines. Defendant (American) now moves to set aside the verdict or in the alternative to limit its damages to the maximum $75,000 sum allowable under the Warsaw Convention (49 US Stat 3014; US Code, tit 49).

The facts, although simple, are certainly unusual. The proof showed that in January, 1972, plaintiff, Dr. Hannelore Adamsons, was in Haiti conducting a sociological study when she…