Torts/Personal Injury
Mar. 4, 2024
American Airlines faces claim over bedbug bites on flight
American Airlines argues that the Montreal Convention treaty, which regulates personal injury claims related to international air travel disputes, does not apply to domestic legs of itineraries.
The question of whether an international air travel treaty applies to domestic legs of international itineraries was the subject of American Airline’s bid to dismiss a federal case Friday in which a passenger claimed the carrier is liable for bedbug bites that he said occurred during a flight from Los Angeles to London.
On behalf of the named plaintiff, Beverly Hills attorney Ilan N. Rosen Janfaza sued American Airlines and its parent com...
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