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Passenger’s second visit to Fifth Circuit yields additional baggage damages but no attorneys’ fees
Muoneke v. Compagnie Nationale Air France (5th Cir. Tex. May 12, 2009). In 2004, the passenger traveled from Texas to Nigeria on Air France’s flights. During a change of aircraft in Paris, Air Franc… more →
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Passenger’s second visit to Fifth Circuit yields additional baggage damages but no attorneys’ fees
Kenneth Nankin wrote 6 months ago: Muoneke v. Compagnie Nationale Air France (5th Cir. Tex. May 12, 2009). In 2004, the passenger trav … more →
Passenger unable to break Montreal Convention baggage liability limit
Kenneth Nankin wrote 1 year ago: Bassam v. American Airlines (5th Cir. (La.) July 14, 2008). Four months after her international fli … more →
Court denies passenger recovery against airline for loss of itinerant robot head
Kenneth Nankin wrote 1 year ago: Hanson v. America West Airlines, Inc. (C.D. Cal. Mar. 29, 2008). Sometimes the truth is stranger th … more →
Warsaw Convention preempts passenger tort claim against airline
Kenneth Nankin wrote 1 year ago: Small v. America West Airlines, Inc. (D.N.J. Oct. 30, 2007). The passenger alleged that the airline … more →
Fifth Circuit vacates summary judgment against passenger in baggage case
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: Muoneke v. Air France (5th Cir. Tex. Sept. 17, 2007). The day after her flight from Texas arrived i … more →
Court enforces two year limit in baggage case
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: Onyekuru v. Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (N.D. Ill. Sept. 14, 2007). In August 2 … more →
Court considers "single operation" issue in baggage case
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: Gerard v. American Airlines, Inc. (Conn. Super. July 12, 2007). After the passenger filed a lawsuit … more →
Airline's liability limited even for baggage checked against passenger's will
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: Booker v. BWIA West Indies Airways Limited (E.D.N.Y. May 8, 2007). After the passenger had boarded … more →
DOT increases baggage liability limit for domestic air travel
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: On January 29, 2007, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a Final Rule increasing the minimu … more →
Lost baggage damages limited by Montreal Convention
Kenneth Nankin wrote 2 years ago: Nunez v. American Airlines (N.Y. App. Jan. 26, 2007). In a brief opinion, the appeals court upheld … more →
Passenger state law claims preempted by Montreal Convention
Kenneth Nankin wrote 3 years ago: Malek v. Societe Air France (N.Y. City Civil Ct. Sept. 8, 2006). Due to a late-arriving flight, the … more →
