Legal Opinion
Fournier v. Lufthansa German Airlines
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided February 12, 2002No. 01 C 5724PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
BUCKLO, District Judge.
Dr. John Fournier, an Illinois citizen, sued Lufthansa Airlines and two of its Illinois agents (collectively, “Lufthansa”) in Illinois state court for, among other things, negligence, infliction of emotional distress, breach of warranty, defamation, and false imprisonment arising out of an air travel debacle. Lufthansa removed the case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441, and Dr. Fournier moves to remand. I grant the motion.
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Dr. Fournier’s story is long and complicated, but the essence is this: on April 25, 2000, he flew on Lufthansa from Chicago,…
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