Legal Opinion
Evangelinos v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 1975No. Civ. A. 74-165PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SNYDER, District Judge.
Callioppi Evangelinos and her children, Constantine, Erma, Stella, and Mary Julia (Plaintiffs) purchased round trip air transportation reservations from Trans World Airlines, Inc., (TWA) from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania through New York City to Athens, Greece, and return. While the Plaintiffs were awaiting to board return TWA Flight 881 1 in Athens in the boarding area, the peace and quiet of the scene was broken by a terrorist attack when two armed men threw hand grenades, followed by gunshots fired at random into the crowd. Then the attackers took up a…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bates Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by8 opinions
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