El Al Israel Airlines Ltd v Tsui Yuan Tseng: 16 Sep 1997

(US Supreme Court) The Warsaw Convention should be applied in a consistent manner internationally, without reference to the local laws of the high contracting parties.

Citations:

(1999) 525 US 155, 919 FSupp 155, 147 ALRFed 783, 65 USLW 2817, 142 L Ed 2d 576, 119 SCt 662, 122 F3d 99

Links:

USSC

Statutes:

Warsaw Convention 29

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Cited by:

CitedBarclay v British Airways Plc CA 18-Dec-2008
The claimant sought damages for personal injury. The airline said that the injury was not the result of an accident within article 17.1. She was walking down the aisle and slipped.
Held: The appeal was dismissed. The meaning of ‘accident’ . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.

Personal Injury, Transport, International

Updated: 10 May 2022; Ref: scu.279097