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VINNICK v. DELTA AIRLINES, INC.

No. B143427.

113 Cal.Rptr.2d 471 (2001)

93 Cal.App.4th 859

Arlene VINNICK, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DELTA AIRLINES, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

Review Denied February 13, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Magana, Cathcart & McCarthy, Richard L. Bisetti, Los Angeles, and Ann L. Mezzacappa, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Reily & Jeffery, David H. Reily, Janine K. Jeffery, Los Angeles; and Jeffrey J. Ellis, for Defendant and Respondent.

ARMSTRONG, J.

This case presents an issue concerning federal preemption of state negligence claims against airlines. More specifically, the claim at issue alleges injury related to the storage of baggage in an overhead bin. Similar questions have been litigated throughout the country, with various results. There is, for instance, a twenty-one page American Law Reports note entitled "Liability of Air Carrier for Injury to Passenger Caused by Fall of Object from Overhead...

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