Legal Opinion
Elzbieta Gayda, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Krzyzstof Gayda, Stanislaw Gajda and Joanna Gajda v. Lot Polish Airlines
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 21, 1983No. 842, Docket 82-7820PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
The plaintiffs in this case are relatives of an individual who died in an air crash in Poland on March 14, 1980. The defendant, LOT Polish Airlines, moved for dismissal, alleging lack of subject matter jurisdiction under Article 28 of the Warsaw Convention, 49 U.S.C. § 1502. note. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Charles P. Sifton, Judge, granted the motion. The plaintiffs argue on appeal that the decision in Smith v. Canadian Pacific Airways, Ltd., 452 F.2d 798 (2d Cir.1971), which held that Article 28 was jurisdictional in nature, is ripe for…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Edmund J. Smith v. Canadian Pacific Airways, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Charles Coles Diggs v. George P. Shultz, Secretary of TreasuryCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Butz v. British AirwaysDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
- Franklin Mint Corporation, Franklin Mint Limited, and McGregor Swire Air Services Limited v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Willie H. Harris, Ernestine Harris v. Polskie Linie Lotnicze, AKA Lot Polish Airlines, a Corporation, DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Klos v. Polskie Linie LotniczeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Charles Kapar v. Kuwait Airways CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
- Maria De La Lastra Petrire v. Spantax, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- In Re Alleged Food Poisoning Incident, March, 1984. Abdulrahman Al-Zamil v. British Airways Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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