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Airline is liable for flight attendant's misconduct, Supreme Court rules.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-MAY-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A flight attendant's failure to assist a passenger on an international flight is an "accident" under the Warsaw Convention, so the airline is liable for his death, the Supreme Court has ruled in Olympic Airways v. Husain. (124 S. Ct. 1221 (2004).)

"This is the first major aviation-Warsaw Convention case at the High Court level that has gone the plaintiff's way in a long, long time," said Gerald Sterns, a San Francisco attorney who represented the plaintiffs.

Dr. Abid Hanson died on an...

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