Legal Opinion
Twardowski v. American Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 30, 2008No. Nos. 06-16726, 06-16730, 06-16746, 06-16749, 06-16751, 06-16752, 06-16767, 06-16768, 06-16771, 06-16773, 06-16776, 06-16777, 06-16782, 06-16783, 06-16786, 06-16788, 06-16792, 06-16797, 06-16801, 06-16803, 06-16804, 06-16805, 06-16831, 06-16832, 06-16836, 06-16837, 06-16855, 06-16860, 06-16863, 06-16985, 06-16987, 06-17019, 06-17027, 06-17028, 06-17044PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Per curiam
In these consolidated appeals,1 airline passengers or their survivors appeal from summary judgment in favor of Continental Airlines and a number of other air carriers on their claim for damages for failure to warn of the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) on international flights. They argue that the airlines’ refusal of requests to warn was an unexpected event and thus, an “accident” under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention, because before their flights, the airlines’ trade organization, the English House of Lords, and airline medical officers had urged airlines to warn of DVT risks, and…
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- Twardowski v. American AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008