Walker v. Eastern 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.

• “The overwhelming consensus of the courts that have addressed the issue is that an airline passenger may institute a claim under state law for death or injury sustained on an international flight when an accident is not involved.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Penina Fishman, an Infant by Her Mother and Natural Guardian, Michelle Fishman Michelle Fishman, Individually v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-01-05· cited 63×
• Krys v. Lufthansa German Airlines
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-08-25· cited 59×
• Fulop v. Malev Hungarian Airlines
  S.D. New York· 2001-10-29· cited 21×
• Tandon v. United Air Lines
  S.D. New York· 1996-02-22· cited 15×
• Walker v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1992-03-09· cited 10×
• Safa v. Deutsche Lufthansa Aktienge-Sellschaft, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2014-08-28· cited 7×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 135,235×
• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-26· cited 58,760×
• San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon
  Supreme Court· 1959-04-20· cited 2,980×
• Wisconsin Public Intervenor v. Mortier
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-21· cited 626×
• Western World Insurance Company v. Stack Oil, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1990-12-26· cited 605×
• Delaware & Hudson Railway Company v. Consolidated Rail Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1990-04-20· cited 514×
• Air France v. Saks
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-04· cited 438×
• Ugarriza v. Schmieder
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-02-13· cited 411×
• Jamice Carey v. Hector Crescenzi, Armando Crescenzi and Harenzy Realty Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1991-01-11· cited 360×
• Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 300×
• Trebor Sportswear Co., Inc. And Rotano Sportswear Co., Inc., Plaintiffs v. The Limited Stores, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1989-01-12· cited 247×
• Hwesu S. Murray v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. And Brandon Tartikoff, Defendants
  Second Circuit· 1988-04-18· cited 152×
• Murray v. National Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court· 1988-11-14· cited 118×
• Unnamed case
  Second Circuit· 1991-03-22· cited 107×
• R.C. Bigelow, Inc. v. Unilever N v. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc., Celestial Seasonings, Inc., and Kraft, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1989-01-17· cited 99×
• Atkinson v. General Electric Capital Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1989-10-02· cited 81×
• United States v. All Right, Title & Interest in Real Property & Building Known as 303 West 116th Street
  Second Circuit· 1990-04-17· cited 71×
• Husserl v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1972-11-03· cited 62×
• Stanley Abramson v. Japan Airlines Co., Ltd
  Third Circuit· 1984-09-14· cited 52×