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· 3/29/1985

Carmen Hilda Duchesne v. American Airlines, Inc.

Citations

  • 758 F.2d 27
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 30033

How courts have described this case

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  • finding it unlikely, but not “legally certain” that pain and suffering from luggage falling on a plaintiff’s head would not eclipse $75,000 threshold needed to satisfy amount in controversy despite only $250 in medical expenses
  • finding it unlikely, but not “legally certain” that pain and suffering from luggage falling on a plaintiff’s head would not eclipse $75,000 threshold needed to satisfy amount in controversy despite only $250 in medical expenses

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Judges: Coffin, Wisdom, Bownes

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