It wasn’t a fly in his soup but worms in his meal that caused a man to sue an Indian airline. But a federal judge—presumably with a stronger stomach—tossed the suit, pointing to a law that protects foreign companies.
At a time when airlines are increasingly under the microscope for mistreatment of passengers, U.S. District Judge Paul S. Diamond of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that Chaman Popli’s case against Air India Airline couldn’t go forward because the airline was immune under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
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