Legal Opinion
Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 3, 1972No. 71 Civ. 3515PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TYLER, District Judge.
This is an action for $75,000 for bodily injury and mental anguish allegedly suffered by plaintiff as a result of a hijacking which occurred on September 6, 1970. Suit was commenced in the Supreme Court of New York, New York County on July 21, 1971, and removed here on August 9, 1971. The complaint asserts that plaintiff, a New York resident, was a passenger on defendant’s aircraft, scheduled for a direct flight from Zurich, Switzerland to New York on September 6, 1970; that the “aircraft deviated from its scheduled course and thereafter landed on a desert…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. BelmontSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Edmund J. Smith v. Canadian Pacific Airways, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Bates Block v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John Lisi, Etc. v. Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S.P.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Ruth M. Noel and Wm. H. Frantz, Executors of the Estate of Marshal L. Noel, Deceased v. Linea Aeropostal VenezolanaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
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3Cited by62 opinions
- Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. FloydSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- John J. Demarines and Doris A. Demarines, Husband and Wife v. Klm Royal Dutch AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Benjamins v. British European AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Day v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- People Ex Rel. Compagnie Nationale Air France v. GilibertoIllinois Supreme Court · 1978
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