D.C. Circuit holds that plaintiff's purchase of airline tickets in United States was enough to confer federal jurisdiction over state-owned foreign airline under "commercial act" exception to Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

From: International Law Update | Date: November 1, 2005 | Copyright information

At a Washington, D.C., travel agency, Elisabeth Kirkham (plaintiff) bought tickets on state-owned Air France (defendant) to Bastia, Corsica, with a stopover in Paris. As she was following a uniformed man at the Paris airport, a person or a luggage cart struck her foot. She has needed to have several foot surgeries since that incident.

Plaintiff sued defendant in District of Columbia federal court. Defendant argued that it did not owe plaintiff a duty of care because she ...

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