Aviation Happenings: Winter 2020

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

• Eleventh Circuit Upholds Defense Contractor Dismissal while Questioning DOSHA Precedent
• Eleventh Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissal of Claims by Unruly, Disabled Passenger
• New York Court Addresses Governmental Confiscation of Aircraft, Insurance Coverage, and Loss
• No Personal Jurisdiction over Garmin in Obstacle Crash Suit
• It Takes Two to Tango: Dismissal at Pleading Stage Premature Where Concurrent Duties of Air Traffic Control may Create Liability on ATC Provider in Airplane Crash
• An Airline that Registered to do Business in Pennsylvania Is Subject to General Personal Jurisdiction in Pennsylvania, Says Federal Judge
• Eastern District of New York Dismisses Airline Passenger’s Claims for Emotional and Psychological Injuries Allegedly Caused by Removal from Flight
• Texas Court Declines to Exercise Specific Personal Jurisdiction over In-State Product Line Successor in Burton v. Honeywell International, Inc.
• Federal Court Dismisses Complaint Alleging that Airline Failed to Timely Refund Plaintiff for a Flight Cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic
• Eastern District of New York Rules that Human Remains are “Cargo” for Purposes of the Montreal Convention
• Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds Specific Personal Jurisdiction over Foreign Manufacturer Whose Product Allegedly Caused Injuries to Foreign Plaintiff

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