Legal Opinion
D'ALESSANDRO v. American Airlines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 30, 2001No. 94 CV 654(NG)(CLP)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
GERSHON, District Judge.
This is an action under the Warsaw Convention to recover damages for wrongful death arising from the fall of Angelo M. D’Alessandro from a mobile passenger lounge vehicle, which is an elevated bus, at Mexico City airport on August 19, 1993. Mr. D’Alessandro was a passenger boarding American Airlines Flight 1054 from Mexico City to Dallas, Texas. He was the last passenger to board the mobile lounge, which was used to transport passengers from the terminal to the aircraft parked some distance away, and which was designed so that passengers could walk…
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