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LISI v. ALITALIA-LINEE AEREE ITALIANE, S. p. A.

Nos. 91-95, Dockets 30543-30547.

370 F.2d 508 (1966)

John LISI, etc., et al., Appellees, v. ALITALIA-LINEE AEREE ITALIANE, S. p. A., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided December 16, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Tompkins, Jr., New York City (Austin P. Magner, Condon & Forsyth, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Theodore E. Wolcott, New York City (Alfred W. Gans, New York City, on the brief), for appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, MOORE and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The question presented on this appeal is whether Alitalia's liability, arising from the crash of one of its planes, is limited by the provisions of the so-called Warsaw Convention.1

On February 26, 1960, while en route from Rome to New York, Alitalia's airplane crashed shortly after taking off from Shannon, Ireland. Five suits were brought and consolidated in the District Court for wrongful death...

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