Kuwait Airways Corp. v. Ogden Allied Aviation Services
District Court, E.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DEARIE, District Judge.
This case arises out of a fender bender between two rather extraordinary fenders: one attached to a truck of the type used to hoist meals onto aircraft, the other on a Boeing 747. Because the parties who owned the vehicles involved in the collision are of diverse citizenship, and the amount in controversy exceeds the statutory minimum, this Court has jurisdiction.
I
On May 29, 1984, a Boeing 747 aircraft owned and operated by plaintiff was, while parked at John F. Kennedy International Airport, struck by a truck owned and operated by defendant.…
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