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Personal Injury Claim Against Airline Properly Removed to Federal Court
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.Cantor's 9/11 claim 'inflated' by deaths, Hellerstein rules
Cantor Fitzgerald's bid to win more than $1 billion in damages from American Airlines for negligence in failing to prevent one of the Sept. 11, 2001, hijackings that ended in destruction of the World Trade Center has been rejected as excessive by a federal judge.Southern District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein ruled yesterday in Cantor Fitzgerald Co.Court Crafts Scheme to Break Deposition Impasse in Sept. 11 Suits
Frustrated by the government's approach to protecting sensitive security information, a federal judge has crafted a compromise so depositions can proceed in earnest in the litigation against airlines and airports over the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein said he intervened to "avoid further and unnecessary delay ... and relieve counsel of the inherent conflicts and artificial roles" that the position of the Transportation Security Administration has created for plaintiffs lawyers.
New Tort Encounters Turbulence
When American Airlines and passenger Michael Reynolds settled a claim in 2002 that the carrier was liable for a blood clot he developed en route from New York to Paris, his condition, deep vein thrombosis, was seen, an airline defense attorney said this week, as "the asbestos of the air." But despite scores of almost identical filings, there have been no settlements since then. So Michael Danko of O'Reilly Collins will be litigating claims before U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker.New Airline Tort Encounters Turbulence
When American Airlines and passenger Michael Reynolds settled a claim in 2002 that the carrier was liable for a blood clot he developed en route from New York to Paris, his condition, deep vein thrombosis, seemed poised to become a lucrative new area of litigation. It was seen, an airline defense attorney said this week, as the asbestos of the air.
Claims Against Airline Time-Barred Under Accord
Claims against British Airways are barred by an international agreement governing aviation, a federal judge ruled.TRENDING STORIES
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