Legal Opinion
Williams v. AER Lingus Irish Airlines & Westinghouse Elevator Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 13, 1987No. 85 Civ. 1935PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This action was commenced by Juliana Williams on behalf of her infant son Michael (“Michael”), who was seriously injured on October 11, 1985, while ascending on an escalator at Kennedy Airport, New York. The escalator serves two airlines, Aer Lingus Irish Airlines (“Aer Lingus”) and Lufthansa German Airlines (“Lufthansa”), who are named as defendants. Also named as a defendant is Westinghouse Elevator Company.
Michael, who at the time of the accident was nine years of age, was at the airport to say farewell to…
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- Rogers v. Dorchester AssociatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- Savino Dagnello v. Long Island Rail Road CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Brink's Inc. v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1982
- Dagnello v. Long Island Railroad CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Birdsall v. Montgomery Ward & Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
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