Air Carrier Access Act 

Mesaba Aviation, Inc Violations of 14 CFR Part 382, 2011 WL 1344611 

Summers v. Delta Airlines, Inc., 10-CV-05730-LHK, 2011 WL 1299360 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 4, 2011) 

Airline Deregulation Act 

In re Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., 642 F.3d 685 (9th Cir. 2011) 

DiFiore v. Am. Airlines, Inc., 646 F.3d 81 (1st Cir. 2011) 

Insurance 

Trishan Air, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., 635 F.3d 422 (9th Cir. 2011) 

Federal Preemption 

US Airways, Inc. v. O'Donnell, 627 F.3d 1318 (10th Cir. 2010) 

Sikkelee v. Precision Airmotive Corp., 731 F. Supp. 2d 429 (M.D. Pa. 2010) 

Montreal Convention

Chubb Ins. Co. of Europe S.A. v. Menlo Worldwide Forwarding, Inc., 634 F.3d 1023 (9th Cir. 2011) cert. denied 

Eli Lilly & Co. v. Air Exp. Int'l USA, Inc., 615 F.3d 1305 (11th Cir. 2010) 

Phifer v. Icelandair, 09-56858, 2011 WL 3076393 (9th Cir. July 26, 2011) 

Forum Non Conveniens 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. v. Chimet, S.p.A., 619 F.3d 288 (3d Cir. 2010) 

Death on the High Seas Act 

Helman v. Alcoa Global Fasteners, Inc., 637 F.3d 986 (9th Cir. 2011) 

Pilot Certification and Regulation 

Manin v. Nat'l Transp. Safety Bd., 627 F.3d 1239 (D.C. Cir. 2011) 

Dickson v. Nat'l Transp. Safety Bd., 639 F.3d 539 (D.C. Cir. 2011) 

Avia Dynamics, Inc. v. F.A.A., 641 F.3d 515 (D.C. Cir. 2011) 

FAA Regulation of Airports 

City of Santa Monica v. F.A.A., 631 F.3d 550, 551 (D.C. Cir. 2011) 

Barnes v. U.S. Dep't of Transp., 10-70718, 2011 WL 3715694 (9th Cir. Aug. 25, 2011) 

Casciani v. Nesbitt, 392 F. App'x. 887 (2d Cir. 2010) cert. denied 

Government Contractor Defense 

Rodriguez v. Lockheed Martin Corp., 627 F.3d 1259 (9th Cir. 2010) 

Getz v. The Boeing Co., 10-15284, 2011 WL 3275957 (9th Cir. Aug. 2, 2011) 

Federal Tort Claims Act 

LeGrande v. United States, 774 F. Supp. 2d 910 (N.D. Ill. 2011) 

Turner v. United States, 736 F. Supp. 2d 980 (M.D.N.C. 2010) 

General Aviation Revitalization Act 

Burton v. Twin Commander Aircraft LLC, 171 Wash. 2d 204, 254 P.3d 778 (2011) 

Crouch v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 3:07-CV-638-S, 2010 WL 4449222 (W.D. Ky. Nov. 1, 2010) 

Duty to Warn 

Otoski v. Avidyne Corporation, 2010 WL Otoski v. Avidyne Corp., (D. Or. Oct. 6, 2010)

Glorvigen v. Cirrus Design Corp., 796 N.W.2d 541 (Minn. Ct. App. 2011) 

Isakson v. WSI Corp., 771 F. Supp. 2d 1257 (W.D. Wash. 2011) 

Notable Airline Crashes 

Turkish Airlines Crash 

Koral v. Boeing Co., 628 F.3d 945 (7th Cir. 2011) 

Air France Crash 

In re Air Crash Over Mid-Atl. on June 1, 2009, 760 F. Supp. 2d 832 (N.D. Cal. 2010) 

Spanair Crash 

In re Air Crash at Madrid, Spain, on August 20, 2008, 2:10-ML-02135 GAF, 2011 WL 1058452 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 22, 2011). 

Transactions 

Flight Options, LLC v. State, Dept. of Revenue, 84207-8, 2011 WL 3717001 (Wash. Aug. 25, 2011) 26

Interesting Cases 

Azpitarte v. King County, C10-1186Z, 2011 WL 2518916 (W.D. Wash. June 23, 2011) 

Nat'l Air Traffic Controllers Ass'n v. Sec'y of Dept. of Transp., 10-3171, 2011 WL 3569957 (6th Cir. Aug. 16, 2011) 

United States v. Armstrong, 397 F. App'x. 466 (10th Cir. 2010) 

 

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