ANDREWS v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

No. 92-16663.

24 F.3d 39 (1994)

Billie Jean ANDREWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., a corporation; Does 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Zabronsky, Susie Injijian, Deborah M. Heller, Sterns, Walker & Lods, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Philip R. Diamond, James C. Nielson, Peter M. Hart, Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge.

We are called upon to determine whether United Airlines took adequate measures to deal with that elementary notion of physics— what goes up, must come down. For, while the skies are friendly enough, the ground can be a mighty dangerous place when heavy objects tumble from overhead compartments.

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During the mad scramble that usually follows hard upon an airplane's arrival at the gate...

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