Legal Opinion
Mohammad Ali Saba v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 15, 1996No. 94-7211PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge SILBERMAN.
Dissenting opinion filed by Circuit Judge WALD.
SILBERMAN, Circuit Judge:
Air France appeals the district court’s determination that it engaged in “willful misconduct” and was accordingly not entitled to limit its liability, under Article 22 of the Warsaw Convention, for damage to carpets owned by Mohammad Ali Saba and transported by Air France. We disagree with the district court’s formulation of the standard for willful misconduct, and believe that the evidence presented does not, as a matter of *666law under the appropriate standard, amount…
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