Salis v. Ghana Airways

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries and loss of property, the plaintiff appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Bunyan, J.), dated September 4, 2003, which (1) granted the defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment dismissing all causes of action “inconsistent with the Warsaw Convention” and the cause of action to recover damages for assault, and to limit his damages to $400 for a lost handbag and $460 for a lost checked piece of luggage, and (2) denied his cross motion for summary judgment.

Ordered that the order is modified, on the law, by deleting…