Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 15, 1995No. 91-06037PublishedCited by 225 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
During a flight from the Caribbean to Miami, Frances Hodges was injured when a fellow passenger opened an overhead compartment and dislodged a case containing several bottles of rum. The box fell and cut her arm and wrist. In her lawsuit against Delta Airlines, Hodges alleged that the airline’s negligence caused her injury and medical expenses. The question before this court en banc is whether her state law tort claim for physical injury based on alleged negligent operation of the aircraft is preempted by § 1805(a)(1) of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978…
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