Gotz v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that Saks requires an objective inquiry and \plaintiff's subjective expectations\ do not control
• “He did not seek help in placing his bag in the overhead compartment, and the aisle-seat passenger [who startled the plaintiff] never touched him.”
• no \accident” occurred where passenger placing bag into overhead compartment was injured avoiding an aisle passenger who had suddenly decided to stand up because “the passenger’s rise from his seat ... bears no relation to the operation of the aircraft\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Husain v. Olympic Airways
  N.D. California· 2000-10-03· cited 24×
• Fulop v. Malev Hungarian Airlines
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-29· cited 21×
• Moore v. British Airways PLC
  First Circuit· 2022-04-29· cited 9×
• Lee v. Air Canada
  S.D. New York· 2017-01-10· cited 9×
• Kwon v. Singapore Airlines
  N.D. California· 2003-08-26· cited 3×
• Arellano v. American Airlines, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2014-11-25· cited 2×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McCarthy v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1995-05-31· cited 566×
• Air France v. Saks
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 438×
• Potter v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-11-06· cited 62×
• Catherine E. MacDonald v. Air Canada
  First Circuit· 1971-03-25· cited 43×
• Warshaw v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1977-12-21· cited 20×
• Chutter v. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
  S.D. New York· 1955-06-27· cited 18×
• Stone v. Continental Airlines, Inc.
  D. Hawaii· 1995-11-21· cited 18×
• Gezzi v. British Airways PLC
  Ninth Circuit· 1993-04-19· cited 17×
• Valerie H. Saks v. Air France, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-01-31· cited 11×
• Diaz Lugo v. American Airlines, Inc.
  D. Puerto Rico· 1988-06-17· cited 11×
• Schneider v. Swiss Air Transport Co. Ltd.
  D. Maine· 1988-05-16· cited 7×
• Ronni Craig v. Compagnie Nationale Air France
  Ninth Circuit· 1994-12-21· cited 5×