GREENBERG v. UNITED AIRLINES


98 Misc.2d 544 (1979)

Bonnie Greenberg, Plaintiff, v. United Airlines, Inc., Defendant.

Civil Court of the City of New York, Trial Term, Kings County.

January 19, 1979


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bonnie Greenberg, plaintiff pro se. Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens (Einar M. Rod of counsel), for defendant.


BERNARD FUCHS, J.

Plaintiff is a school teacher who flew with defendant on vacation from New York City to San Francisco and checked her bags for the flight. The bags never arrived. She sues for their value and for damages incident to the baggage loss.

At trial, which was to the court, there was no serious contest of liability. As a common carrier defendant bears an insurer's responsibility for the loss. (7 NY Jur, Carriers, § 434.) Defendant...

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