IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER AT WARSAW, POLAND

No. 729, Docket 82-7616.

705 F.2d 85 (1983)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT WARSAW, POLAND, ON MARCH 14, 1980, MDL 441, Polskie Linie Lotnicze (Lot Polish Airlines), a Corporation. Angela Y. ROBLES, Margaret Ojeda, Henryka Smiegel, Jose Pimental, Emily Bland, Raymond E. Wesson, Patricia Ann Chavis, Susan Janice Radison, John Lindsay, Appellees, v. LOT POLISH AIRLINES, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George N. Tompkins, Jr., Condon & Forsyth, New York City (Lawrence Mentz, Desmond T. Barry, Jr., Peter A. Axelrod, of counsel), for appellant Polskie Linie Lotnicze.

Marc S. Moller, Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City (Michael D. Young, of counsel), for appellees Robles and Ojeda.

Frank H. Granito, Jr., Spieser & Krause, P.C., New York City (Rudolph V. Pino, Jr., of counsel), for appellees Smiegel, Pimental, Bland, Wesson, Chavis, Radison, and Lindsay.

Before OAKES, KEARSE and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Circuit Judge:

The Warsaw Convention1 limits the liability of air carriers for the injury or death of international passengers. The Convention was modified in certain respects by the Montreal Agreement, which specifies that passengers must be advised of the carrier's liability limitations in 10-point type. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Charles P....

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