Shirazi v. Greyhound Corporation

The plaintiff, Ebrahim Shirazi, brought an action in the district court of the eighteenth judicial district for the loss of certain luggage he had checked with the defendant Greyhound Corporation. The court, sitting without a jury, entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $680.00. The de fendant appealed alleging that its liability in this ease was limited to $25.00.

The plaintiff is a citizen of Persia;' Iran. He came to the United States in 1961 to attend school. He attended a school in Michigan where he learned to speak approximately 400 English words. Subsequently he…