BARKANIC v. GENERAL ADMIN. OF CAAC

No. 562, Docket 90-7641.

923 F.2d 957 (1991)

Louise Agnes BARKANIC, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Peter Patrick Barkanic, Deceased; Gladys Patricia Fox, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald Branford Fox, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF CIVIL AVIATION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, also known as Civil Aviation Administration of the People's Republic of China, or CAAC, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hayes, Mineola, N.Y., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John K. Weir, New York City (Louis R. Martinez, Patrick E. Bradley, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before OAKES, Chief Judge, CARDAMONE and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


OAKES, Chief Judge:

Representatives of the estates of Peter Barkanic and Donald Fox appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Arthur D. Spatt, Judge, entered on the basis of a memorandum and order of Charles P. Sifton, Judge, that limited the liability of defendant General Administration of Civil Aviation of the People's Republic of China ("CAAC") to the $20,000 maximum allowed under Chinese law...

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