Legal Opinion
Knoll v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided June 12, 1985No. 84-K-672PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
KANE, District Judge.
Plaintiff Geraldine Knoll was a passenger on a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight which landed at Heathrow Airport in London. After leaving the airplane, she walked approximately 100 yards to the first moving sidewalk, and then travelled on two moving sidewalks, approximately 100 yards each. As she approached the immigration area, she slipped on some Jack Daniels Whiskey, and fell, sustaining injuries which included a fractured elbow. She seeks $75,000 plus costs from TWA under a provision of the Warsaw Convention 1 which provides that an airline is liable for death…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- United States v. Diebold, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Luckett v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1980
- Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Simone Maugnie v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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