· 1/11/1999
Somes Ex Rel. Somes v. United Airlines, Inc.
Citations
- 33 F. Supp. 2d 78
- 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 320
- 1999 WL 21238
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that wrongful death claim arising from a lack of medical equipment was neither expressly nor impliedly preempted by ADA
- noting that both the Fifth and Ninth Circuits’ definitions of services would include boarding
- “the denial of boarding and the refusal to transport a particular passenger, ... without question, are at the heart of the 'services’ that airlines provide”
- “Minimum requirements, by definition, permit and authorize the party to whom they apply to exceed the minimum.”
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Judges: Lasker
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