Rosen v. Continental Airlines Inc., A-0705-11T1; Appellate Division; opinion by Kennedy, J.A.D.; decided and approved for publication February 25, 2013. Before Judges Messano, Ostrer and Kennedy. On appeal from the Law Division, Essex County, L-8257-10. [Sat below: Judge Cobham.] DDS No. 09-2-9106 [15 pp.]
On Dec. 1, 2009, defendant Continental Airlines Inc. instituted a cashless cabin policy for accounting and security purposes. In 2009 plaintiff Michael Rosen purchased a round-trip flight ticket from Newark to Los Angeles with the defendant. While on board the flight from Newark to Los Angeles plaintiff purchased a headset by credit card from defendant for in-flight movies. Prior to purchasing the headset the passengers were advised that headsets could be used on future Continental flights.
