Aviation Happenings: Fall 2021

The Fall 2021 edition of the Aviation Group’s newsletter examines some of the most recent and relevant cases and developments in aviation, including:

• Eleventh Circuit Finds Montreal Convention Claims Based on Injury Treated in Germany Should be Heard in Germany, Affirming Forum Non Conveniens Dismissal
• Fourth Circuit Changes Course: Directs Preliminary Injunction to Prohibit Baltimore Police Department’s Access to Aircraft-Based Surveillance Program Data
• Seventh Circuit Finds Collective Bargaining Agreement Arbitration Clause Not ‘Sufficiently Specific’
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Continues Its Assault on Businesses With Adoption of Enterprise Liability
• New York State Appellate Court Rejects Claims Arising from Allegedly Pre-Planned Diversion of Flight
• Southern District of New York Finds No Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Airline for Injuries Sustained on a Connecting Flight for Round-Trip Travel to New York
• Alaska Federal Court Excludes Evidence of Not “Substantially Similar” Events to Prove Negligence or Design Defect
• District of Utah Substitutes Husband for Deceased Wife in Lawsuit Against American Airlines Under Utah’s “Revival” Statute, Rejecting the Airline’s Contention that All Tort Claims Were Extinguished Upon Her Death
• Unwanted Touching Does Not a Montreal Convention “Bodily Injury” Make
• Leading Airline Advocacy Group Urges FAA to Take Greater Action to Curb Unruly Passenger Behavior

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