Legal Opinion
Onyebuchim Onyeanusi v. Pan Am A/K/A Pan American World Airways, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 2, 1992No. 90-1861PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
COWEN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves a claim against Pan Am resulting from Pan Am’s alleged mishandling of human remains which it transported from New York to Nigeria. We will affirm the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Pan Am.
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The unfortunate facts of this case began with the death of Olamma Onyeanusi, a Nigerian of the Ibo tribe, on October 1, 1986 in Philadelphia, while visiting her son, Onyebuchim Onyeanusi. 1 Onyeanusi made arrangements through Videon Funeral Homes 2 of Broomall, Pennsylvania to have Pan Am, an international air carrier, fly…
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