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· 8/15/1980

Berdelle Schmidkunz v. Scandinavian Airlines System, Kingdom of Denmark and Copenhagen Airports Authority

Citations

  • 628 F.2d 1205
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14834

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding passenger who was still within common passenger area, had not received boarding pass, was not “imminently preparing to board the plane, and was not at the time under the direction of [airline] personnel” was not “embarking”
  • plaintiff not in the course of embarking when she fell approximately 500 yards—1500 feet—from departure gate

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Judges: Chambers, Tang, Orrick

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