GORANSON v. TRANS WORLD


121 Misc.2d 68 (1983)

Arlene Goranson, Plaintiff, v. Trans World Airlines, Defendant.

City Court of White Plains, Westchester County.

September 12, 1983


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene Goranson, plaintiff pro se. Joseph A. Tracy for defendant.


PAUL H. BLAUSTEIN, J.

This small claim is based on TWA's bumping of the plaintiff, Arlene Goranson, from her scheduled flight to London as part of a vacation tour for which she had contracted. The court holds TWA liable for bumping as a common-law breach of contract and awards compensatory damages in the amount of $1,500.

Despite the enormous number of passengers that have been bumped from flights, this court has found no other reported case in...

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