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· 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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