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EX PARTE DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

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785 So.2d 327 (2000)

Ex parte DELTA AIR LINES, INC. (Re Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Nobie Decoff).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 15, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Garrett, Jr., Charles Ali Everage, and William H. Webster of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., Montgomery, for petitioner.

Frank H. Hawthorne, Jr., and C. Gibson Vance of Hawthorne, Hawthorne & Vance, L.L.C., Montgomery, for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

The sole issue presented in this case is whether the plaintiffs tort claim against an air carrier for damages for lost jewelry that was stored in luggage is preempted by federal law.

Facts

The facts of this case appear undisputed. On January 24, 1998, Nobie Decoff purchased a ticket from Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta"), for a flight on February 22, 1998, from Miami, Florida, to Atlanta...

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