Legal Opinion
Potter v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 6, 1996No. 95-50934PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Elizabeth Potter appeals a summary judgment in favor of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), on her Warsaw Convention and state law negligence claims. Finding no error, we affirm.
I
As part of a tour package, Elizabeth and James Potter bought a round-trip airline ticket to Europe. During a flight from Atlanta to Dallas, as part of the European trip, Mrs. Potter was seated in row 22, seat A (the window seat). Her husband was in row 22, seat B (the aisle seat). A “rude,” “hostile,” and “intimidating” man occupied seat 21-B, directly in front of Mr. Potter. The rude man…
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