California Court of Appeal

RUBIN v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC., B149679

A passenger whom the airline believes is, or might become, inimical to the safety of the aircraft or its passengers may be ejected from a flight without subjecting the airline to tort liability if airline personnel had a reasonable basis for believing the passenger presented a safety risk.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2002
• Published 02/20/2002

Judges

• JOHNSON, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Steven A. Blum, Santa Monica, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dwyer, Daly, Brotzen & Bruno, Peter P. Brotzen, Los Angeles, and Gregory L. Anderson for Defendant and Respondent.