Legal Opinion
Abdul-Haq v. Pakistan International Airlines
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 27, 1979PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bentley Kassal, J.
FACTS
The facts are not in dispute. Plaintiff, a Syrian national, is the owner of a unique musical instrument and on June 24, 1976, her brother and sister delivered it to the defendant, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), at the airport in Damascus. PIA issued an air waybill in English agreeing to transport the instrument to Washington, D.C., via JFK International Airport (JFK). Upon its arrival at JFK on July 24, 1976, defendant Pinto Trucking Company (Pinto), engaged by *214PIA, delivered it to Dulles Airport, where it was consigned to a warehouse for…
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- North American Philips Corp. v. Emery Air Freight Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Robert v. Pan American World AirwaysAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1972
- Sofranski v. KLM Royal Dutch AirlinesCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
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