NARAYANAN v. BRITISH AIRWAYS

No. 11-55870.

747 F.3d 1125 (2014)

Susheela NARAYANAN, individually and as Successor-in-interest to Papanasam Narayanan, deceased, on behalf of the Heirs and Estate of Papanasam Narayanan; Tara Castro Narayanan; Ranjit Narayanan, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRITISH AIRWAYS, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 19, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald C. Sterns (argued), Sterns & Walker, Oakland, CA; Fred M. Isaacs , Lake Oswego, OR, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Scott D. Cunningham (argued) and Natasha N. Mikha , Condon & Forsyth LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, and JACQUELINE H. NGUYEN, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

NGUYEN, Circuit Judge:

Panpansam Narayanan ("Narayanan") suffered from an advanced-stage lung disease. While aboard a British Airways international flight, he was allegedly denied supplemental oxygen. Narayanan died six months after the plane landed. Plaintiffs, Narayanan's heirs and estate, filed this lawsuit under the Montreal Convention (the "Convention"), alleging that the denial of oxygen hastened Narayanan's death. The action was filed on March...

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