Gary Ehrlich and Maryanne Ehrlich v. American Airlines, Inc., American Eagle Airlines, Inc. And Simmons Airlines, Inc.

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• holding that the Article 17 only allows suit for, “mental injuries ... only to the extent that they flow from bodily injuries”
• holding that interpretation of treaty begins “with the text of the treaty and the context in which the written words are used”
• analyzing whether “dommage survenu en cas de ... lésion corporelle” incorporates a requirement that the bodily injury [lésion corporelle] cause the damage [dommage]
• “[A] carrier may be held liable under Article 17 for mental injuries only if they are caused by bodily injuries.”
• “[T]he new Montreal Convention’s liability provision [does] not change or otherwise limit the existing [Warsaw Convention] jurisprudence.”
• Convention permits passengers to hold a carrier liable for a mental injury causally connected to a bodily injury

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).