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WALLACE v. KOREAN AIR

Docket No. 99-7597.

214 F.3d 293 (2000)

Brandi WALLACE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KOREAN AIR, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: June 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Granito, III, Speiser, Krause, Nolan & Granito, New York, New York (Frank H. Granito, Jr. and John J. Halloran, Jr. on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Andrew J. Harakas, Biedermann, Hoenig, Massamillo & Ruff, P.C., New York, New York, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: McLAUGHLIN, POOLER, SACK, Circuit Judges.

Judge POOLER concurs by separate opinion.

McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Brandi Wallace was sexually assaulted while on a Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. ("KAL") international flight. Her attacker was a fellow passenger. She sued KAL to recover for the assault under the Warsaw Convention,1 which makes air carriers liable for passenger injuries caused by an "accident." Warsaw Convention Art. 17. The United States District Court...

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