Doe v. Etihad Airways, P.J.S.C.

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Jane Doe and her eleven-year-old daughter flew aboard Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Chicago. For the duration of the fourteen-hour journey, Doe’s tray table remained open in her lap because a knob that was meant to hold it in place had fallen to the floor. During the flight, Doe’s daughter found the knob on the floor and gave it to Doe, who placed it in a seatback pocket. When it came time to descend, an Etihad flight. attendant (unaware of the detached knob) gave Doe the familiar reminder to .place her tray table in the upright and locked position for…