Legal Opinion
In Re Air Disaster at Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided October 30, 1991No. M.D.L. 799 (TCP)PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PLATT, Chief Judge.
Defendants move for partial summary judgment dismissing all non-Warsaw Convention claims on the ground that any claim brought against defendants in this action must lie, if at all, under the Warsaw Convention 1 . For the reasons set forth below, defendants’ motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
On December 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 crashed near Lockerbie, Scotland; all 243 passengers and 16 crew members died. Family members of the victims of the crash filed complaints in various federal district courts against Pan Am Airways, Inc. (“Pan Am”), Pan Am World Services, Inc. (“PAWS”),…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re Air Disaster at Lockerbie, Scotland on December 21, 1988. Denice H. Rein v. Pan American World Airways Incorporated, in Re Hijacking of Pan American World Airways, Inc. Aircraft at Karachi International Airport, Pakistan on September 5, 1986. Dilip Joshi, Nadya Hussain, Tahra Lodhi, Dilip Parikh, Faraidoon Oshtory v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
- Reed v. WiserCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- Baker v. Lansdell Protective Agency, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Julius Young Jewelry Manufacturing Co. v. Delta Air LinesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Gander, NewfoundlandDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1987
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- American Home Assurance Co. v. Jacky Maeder (Hong Kong) Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1997
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