· 4/27/2015
Fitzgerald v. Gorman (In re Fitzgerald)
Citations
- 599 F. App'x 522
How courts have described this case
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- holding that the plaintiff’s state law negligence claim alleging failure to provide sufficient personnel to assist travelers exiting airplane not governed by the FAA because claim was “not an air-safety” case concerning the “design or operation of the aircraft”
- “Comair is undoubtedly correct that plaintiff's action would be preempted if it were premised solely the theory that the airstairs were defectively designed for use as an emergency exit.”
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Judges: Duncan, Shedd, Thacker
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