Aviation Happenings: Fall 2020

The Fall 2020 edition of the Aviation Group’s newsletter examines some of the most recent and relevant cases and developments in aviation, including:

• The Supreme Court Will Not Hear Airbus Helicopters, Inc.’s Argument that Federal Officer Removal Statute Applies to FAA Designees
• Federal Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Purported Class Action Against Airline, Finding Airline Did Not Breach Contract of Carriage by Cancelling Flight
• Eleventh Circuit Holds New Trial Not Warranted After Jury Found Plaintiff Ninety-Nine Percent at Fault for Injuries Sustained During Severe Turbulence
• Mind the Gap: ADA Preemption Fails to End Case Involving a Passenger’s Trip-and-fall Leading to Broken Knee While Disembarking a Flight at the Gap Between the Jet Bridge and the Aircraft
• Federal Officer Removal Statute Keeps Action in California District Court
• Eastern District of Louisiana Rules That Duty of Care Owed by Helicopter Pilot Can Be Established Without Expert Testimony
• Federal Court Says “I Can’t Hear You” to 3M Company’s Efforts to Invoke Government Contractor Defense to Defective Earplug Claims
• A Federal Judge in Texas Permits Pre-service Removal by a Forum State Defendant
• Magistrate Judge Recommends that Plaintiffs’ Overreaching Claims for Sexual Assault Be Curtailed, and Rejects Attempt for Class Action

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