BAUMEISTER v. DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA, AG

Nos. 14-2633, 14-2414.

811 F.3d 963 (2016)

Hans-Peter BAUMEISTER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA, AG, Defendant-Appellee. James Varsamis & Lauren Mitchell Varsamis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. Operadora, Sociedad Unipersonal, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 2, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Henry Bates, III , Carney Bates & Pulliam, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Brent Robert Austin , Eimer Stahl LLP, Chicago, IL, Christopher R. Christensen , Anthony U. Battista, Condon & Forsyth LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.

Joseph Henry Bates, III , John Charles Williams , Carney Bates & Pulliam, PLLC, Little Rock, AR, Jennifer W. Sprengel , Cafferty Clobes Meriwether & Sprengel LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


It is not uncommon for the airline that sells the tickets for an international flight to arrange for another airline to provide service over part of the route. Sometimes that other airline—the bridge carrier, we'll call it—experiences delay in its segment of the flight, and if substantial the delay may entitle...

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