Selke v. Germanwings GmbH, 261 F. Supp. 3d 666 – Dist. Court, ED Virginia 2017
United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division
Facts
The decedents passengers were killed when Germanwings flight 9525 was deliberately flown into the ground en route from Barcelona to Dusseldorf, Germany. The decedent passengers had purchased transportation on Germanwings pursuant to an interline ticketing arrangement for travel from the United States to England, via Germany and Spain, under which United Airlines and Lufthansa were agents for Germanwings.
Issue(s)
Were United Airlines and Lufthansa (a) liable as contracting carriers for the Germanwings accident or (b) not liable as “successive carriers”?
Discussion
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Interline is not Article 39 MC99
Interline is successive carriage
No liability of successive carrier for death or injury on other successive carrier
