Levin v. Kasmir World Travel, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

David B. Saxe, J.

This case explores the obligations of a travel agent to a consumer.

The essential facts are as follows: during July of 1987, the claimant, Marsha Levin, purchased a round-trip ticket from *246New York City to Paris for her teen-age daughter who was scheduled to participate in a two-week student work-study program in France. The ticket, booked both ways on Air France flights, was purchased from Kasmir World Travel, Inc., in New York City and cost $680. Upon arriving in Paris, Mrs. Levin’s daughter was denied entry and was placed on the next Air France flight…