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ELASSAAD v. INDEPENDENCE AIR, INC.

No. 08-3878.

604 F.3d 804 (2010)

Joseph ELASSAAD, Appellant v. INDEPENDENCE AIR, INC.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 12, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene F. Jarrell, III, Esq., [ARGUED], Media, PA, for Appellant.

Jonathan M. Stern, Esq., [ARGUED], Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee Independence Air Inc.

Before RENDELL and JORDAN, Circuit Judges, and AMBROSE, District Judge.

OPINION OF THE COURT

RENDELL, Circuit Judge.

Joseph Elassaad appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of Independence Air, Inc., with respect to his negligence claim for injuries sustained when he fell while disembarking from an airplane at the Philadelphia International Airport. His appeal requires us to consider the extent to which the Federal Aviation Act ("Aviation Act"), 49 U.S.C. § 40101 et seq., preempts state law concerning tort...

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