Legal Opinion
Sofranski v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided November 11, 1971PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRichard S. Lane, J.
This is a bailment case in which plaintiff’s baggage allegedly suffered water damage while being carried on an ALM Dutch Antillean Airlines flight from St. Maarten to JFK International Airport. After plaintiff rested, defendant moved to dismiss on plaintiff’s failure to show a written complaint within three days as required by article 26 of the Warsaw Convention (49 U. S. Stat. 3000, 3020). The convention, being an international treaty ratified by the Senate, has the force and effect of a Federal statute and is the supreme law of the land of which I must take judicial notice (U. S. Const.,…
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