Legal Opinion
Bennie Imogene Dunn v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1979No. 77-1649PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge:
Defendant-appellant, Trans World Airlines, Inc. (“TWA”), appeals from a decision by the district court of Guam awarding plaintiff-appellee, Bennie Imogene Dunn (“Dunn”), $75,000 for injuries sustained when the flight on which Dunn was aboard experienced some air turbulence en route from Honolulu to India. 1 Four issues are raised on appeal by TWA:
1. The district court erred in awarding Dunn judgment in the amount of $75,000 since the Treaty of Warsaw, 2 otherwise known as the Warsaw Convention, limited recovery for such injuries to approximately $8300. 3 The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Anthony Fox v. Studebaker-Worthington, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Benjamins v. British European AirwaysCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- In Re Mexico City Aircrash of October 31, 1979 Consolidated Proceedings. Gary Steve Haley, as Heir and of Deceased Theresa Yoriko Sugano Haley, Gary Steven Haley, Special Administrator for the Estate of Theresa Yoriko Sugano Haley v. Western Airlines, Inc., Blanca Estela Paz Tovar, Heir and of Deceased Regina Patricia Tovar Blanca Estela Paz Tovar, Special Administrator for the Estate of Regina Patricia Tovar, Anthony John Dzida, as Heir and of Deceased Vikki Dzida, Anthony John Dzida, Special Administrator for the Estate of Vikki Dzida, Plaintiff v. Western Airlines, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Company, Inc., a Maryland Corporation Estate of Charles Gilbert Sperry-Rand, Inc., Sunstrand Data Control, Inc., a Foreign Corporation Bendix Corporation, Flight Systems Division, a Delaware Corporation Rockwell International, Inc. Collins Air Transport Division, a Foreign Corporation Thompson, C.F.S., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Karen L. Edwards v. Occidental Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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