Legal Opinion
Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1986No. Nos. 84-3832, 84-3833PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
This chapter in the continuing judicial terminus of the claims arising out of the crash of Pan American World Airways Flight 759 on takeoff from Moisant International Airport on July 9, 1982, presents several issues: (1) application of the rubric of forum non conveniens; (2) Warsaw Convention limitation of liability; and (3) as to the damage awards, questions of exces-siveness, discounting, prejudgment interest, and allowance of preimpact and postim-pact recovery. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.
BACKGROUND
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Louis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susana Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American World Airways, Inc. And United States of America, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986