SAKS v. AIR FRANCE

No. 83-1625.

724 F.2d 1383 (1984)

Valerie H. SAKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIR FRANCE, a corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 31, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Cohen, Abramson & Bianco, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Randall S. Farrimond, Lillick, McHose & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE, SCHROEDER and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Valerie Saks, suffered a permanent hearing loss in her left ear while she was a passenger on an international flight operated by the defendant airline, Air France. The alleged cause was normal cabin pressurization changes during landing. Saks sued Air France for damages under Article 17 of the Warsaw Convention, Oct. 12, 1929, 49 Stat. 3000 (1934), 137 L.N.T.S. (1929), art. 17. The district court granted summary judgment...

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