Legal Opinion
Miguel Santos v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 1991No. 90-3059PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.
Miguel Santos (“Santos”) appeals the District Court’s dismissal of his suit against Compagnie National Air France (“Air France”). According to his Complaint, Santos was working at Orly Airport in Paris when an Air France employee injured him by negligently driving a vehicle into a loading platform. The District Court held that Air France is immune from suit in the United States on these facts under 28 U.S.C. § 1604. We affirm because Air France’s commercial activities in the United States are unrelated to the legal elements of Santos’ claim.
Discussion
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