KRYS v. LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES

No. 96-4430.

119 F.3d 1515 (1997)

Leonard KRYS, Rebeca Krys, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 25, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John N. Romans, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Tod Aronovitz, Aronowitz & Associates, Miami, Florida, Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, Florida, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and ROSENN,, Senior Circuit Judge.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Following a three-day bench trial, a magistrate judge rendered a $2.4 million negligence judgment against defendant Lufthansa German Airlines ("Lufthansa") in favor of plaintiffs Leonard and Rebeca Krys. On appeal, Lufthansa raises challenges to both the factual findings and legal conclusions of the court below. Before turning to these challenges, we set out briefly the facts and procedural history of the case.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL...

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