AIRLINES' RESPONSIBILITIES TO PASSENGERS: RECENT THEORIES AND EXTENSIONS
This article focuses principally upon two areas which pose the most profound concerns for the aviation industry regarding passenger relations. It examines the many implications of the various decisions in Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.--the "bumping" opinions. The Nader case, as it progressed from federal district court to the United States Supreme Court, presented a myriad of issues with potentially far-ranging repercussions. Because of the number and breadth of these topics, the Nader decisions will serve as a springboard for discussion of other opinions which involve related issues, especially the question of private remedies under the Federal Aviation Act. This article also examines a number of recent decisions involving extensions of the duty of air carriers to passengers beyond the confines of the aircraft. These cases, under both the common law and the provisions of the Warsaw Convention, portend a continued expansion, or at least a refinement, of the duty of air carriers to their passengers.
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Corporate Authors:
Southern Methodist University
School of Law
Dallas, TX United States 75222 -
Authors:
- Campbell, F L
- Publication Date: 1977
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 289-322
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Serial:
- Journal of Air Law and Commerce
- Volume: 43
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: SMU Law Review Association
- ISSN: 0021-8642
- Serial URL: http://www2.smu.edu/lra/jalc
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Aircraft operations; Airlines; Legal factors; Liabilities; Overbooking
- Old TRIS Terms: Airline operations; Overselling; Passenger bumping
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Finance; Law;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00195755
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jul 31 1979 12:00AM