· 10/27/1982
Hill v. United Airlines
Citations
- 550 F. Supp. 1048
- 1982 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9787
How courts have described this case
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- where the Warsaw Convention fails to authorize actions for intentional misrepresentation, plaintiff is not barred from seeking common law remedy
- \[W]e hold that the Warsaw Convention does not effect the court's jurisdiction or venue beyond affirming that this suit may properly be heard by a court located within the territorial limits of the United States.\
- “[W]e hold that the Warsaw Convention does not effect the court’s jurisdiction or venue beyond affirming that this suit may properly be heard by a court located within the territorial limits of the United States.”
- airline’s intentional misrepresentation that the airport where the plaintiffs were to make a connection was closed, so that the plaintiffs missed their connecting plane and suffered damages, held outside the Warsaw Convention
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Judges: Saffels
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