Legal Opinion
Reed v. Wiser
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 26, 1977No. 233, Docket 76-7247PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:
This case, arising out of an aircraft disaster on the high seas, presents the novel and important question of whether airline employees are entitled to assert as a defense the liability limitations of the Warsaw Convention (“the Convention”),1 as modified by the Montreal Agreement.2 We hold that employees are entitled to do so, and reverse and remand with instructions to reinstate the defense.
On September 8, 1974, Trans World Airlines (“TWA”) Flight 841 from Tel Aviv to New York via Athens and Rome crashed into the high seas some 50 nautical miles west of Cephalonia,…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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