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SAKARIA v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES

No. 92-1642.

8 F.3d 164 (1993)

Elpis SAKARIA, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Jagdish Sakaria, Deceased; Alexander J. Sakaria; Raj J. Sakaria; Maria K. Sakaria, Children of Jagdish Sakaria, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Hamner Cobbs, Law Offices of Nicholas H. Cobbs, Washington, DC, argued (Nicholas Gilman, Gilman, Olson & Pangia, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

John Niebrugge Romans, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, New York City, argued (Raymond L. Mariani, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and HILL, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by designation.

OPINION

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Around a day and a half after completing his flight as passenger on a TWA international flight from New York to Athens, Greece, Jagdish Sakaria died of a heart attack. His widow and children (the Sakarias) brought this diversity action against TWA seeking damages for his death under Maryland wrongful death and survival statutes and, by later procedural developments, under the Warsaw Convention, alleging that the death occurred...

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