Legal Opinion
Warshaw v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 21, 1977No. Civ. A. 74-2947PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
FOGEL, District Judge.
I. STATEMENT OF PROCEDURAL HISTORY AND FACTS OF THE CASE
On October 13, 1973, Cyrus H. Warshaw boarded Trans World Airlines (TWA) Flight 756 in Philadelphia which was bound for London. At the time he had an upper respiratory tract infection, but was otherwise in good health. The level of hearing in his left ear, on which a stapes replacement operation had been performed approximately thirteen years earlier, was essentially normal. Plaintiff claims he experienced a blockage in his left ear, which he was unable to clear during the aircraft’s descent as it…
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