Edison Travel, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.

The petitioner is a travel agent and is currently on the approved agency list of the Air Traffic Conference of *165America (ATC), a division of a trade association formed by the respondent airlines. It appears that in January, 1972, petitioner’s premises were burglarized — a 2,000-pound safe containing 1,200 airline tickets being physically removed from the premises. Pursuant to the agency agreement between the parties, the petitioner was required to hold the airline harmless from any loss resulting from the theft. However, the agreement provided that the agent could be relieved" of liability…