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HARRIS v. POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE

No. 86-2323.

820 F.2d 1000 (1987)

Willie H. HARRIS, Ernestine Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE, aka Lot Polish Airlines, a Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David S. Sabih, Pacific Grove, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Desmond T. Barry, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before SNEED, ALARCON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.

SNEED, Circuit Judge:

Appellants challenge the amount of damages the district court awarded them as compensation for their son's death in an airplane crash. The district court in fixing the compensation applied Polish law. Appellants argue that it ought to have applied California law. They further assert that the damages awarded were inadequate under either Polish or California law. We affirm.

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