A disabled man's personal injury lawsuit against an airline should remain in federal court, a federal court judge has ruled after analyzing the ambiguities of the Warsaw Convention. Eastern District of New York Judge Eric N. Vitaliano held that the plaintiff's claim that the airline failed to bring him a wheelchair at the gate qualified under the Warsaw Convention as a claim that he was injured by Israir while he was disembarking from the plane.
July 31, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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A disabled man’s lawsuit against an airline should remain in federal court, a federal judge ruled after analyzing the ambiguities of the Warsaw Convention.
Eastern District of New York Judge Eric N. Vitaliano, ruling in Bunis v. Israir GSA, Inc., 06-CV-6437, said the defendant airline, Israir, had properly sought removal of a personal injury lawsuit from state court because of the nature of the claim.
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