Legal Opinion
Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 26, 1993No. 875, Docket 92-6205, 92-6207PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARMAN, Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
Pan Am initiated this suit to recover damages it sustained on January 16, 1984, when an engine on one of its DC-10 aircraft ingested snow and ice while taxiing to its terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. The ingestion occurred when the aircraft’s pilot applied the engines’ reverse thrust in order to avoid an imminent collision with sand trucks operated by the Port Authority.
The district court conducted a four-day jury trial before granting the Port Authority’s motion for judgment as a matter of law pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 50(a). 787…
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