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KNOPP v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

938 S.W.2d 357 (1996)

Phyllis KNOPP and Husband, Robert Knopp, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., International Total Services, Inc., and James Davidson, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

November 25, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Ingraham, Law Offices of Frank C. Ingraham, Nashville/Franklin, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Kenneth A. Weber, James M. Doran, Jr., Manier, Herod, Hollabaugh & Smith, Tyree Harris, IV, Lisa L. Ramsay, Lewis, King, Krieg, Waldrop & Catron, Nashville, for Defendants-Appellants.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents for review the decision of the Court of Appeals holding that the plaintiffs' state commonlaw negligence and contract claims, based on the allegation that the defendants failed to properly assist the plaintiff Phyllis Knopp while she was changing planes in Nashville, are not preempted by the Federal Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 ("ADA"), 49 U.S.C.App. § 1301 et seq. The trial court had held that...

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