Legal Opinion
Christine K. Schroeder v. Lufthansa German Airlines
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 1989No. 88-1969PublishedCited by 159 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Christine K. Schroeder, the plaintiff-appellant, brought this diversity suit 1 against Lufthansa German Airlines and unknown employees of Lufthansa (collectively “Lufthansa”), the defendants-appellees, under the Warsaw Convention for injuries sustained while she was a passenger on Lufthansa. In her first amended complaint, Schroeder sought damages for slander, battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, in tentional infliction of emotional distress, and failure to warn. She also claimed that the Warsaw Convention’s liability cap of $75,000 did not apply because…
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