Legal Opinion
Summers v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 27, 2007No. 05-35220, 05-35268PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRABER, Circuit Judge:
Betty Jane Black disembarked from a SkyWest Airlines airplane, slipped and fell, and suffered injuries that allegedly led to her death. Plaintiff Joy Black Summers, Mrs. Black’s daughter-in-law and the personal representative of her estate, brought suit against Defendants Delta Airlines and SkyWest Airlines, alleging that Defendants negligently failed to provide wheelchair assistance to Mrs. Black. Trial commenced but, before Plaintiff completed her case-in-chief, the district court granted judgment as a matter of law to Defendants on all claims. On appeal, we examine…
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