United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where neither a plaintiff's development of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or defendant-airline's failure to warn of the risks of developing DVT during air travel constitutes an accident for purposes of the Warsaw Convention.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/07/2004
• Decided 09/03/2004
• Published 09/03/2004

Judges

• TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:, Before: THOMAS G. NELSON, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Clay Robbins III, Magaña, Cathcart & McCarthy, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Roderick D. Margo, Condon & Forsyth LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendants-appellees.