Published: 2021-12-18

Can a Coffee Burn while Traveling by Air be an Accident? Analysis of the Judgment of EU Court of Justice in C-532/18, GN v Niki Luftfahrt GmbH

Marcin Rycek
Polish Review of International and European Law
Section: Case comments
https://doi.org/10.21697/priel.2021.10.2.05

Abstract

In a judgement of 19 December 2019, C-532/18,1 in the case GN represented by father HM, against Niki Luftfahrt GmbH, the Court of Justice stated that an accident is any incident occurring on board an airship in which an object used for the use of an on-board service caused damage the passenger’s body, and it is irrelevant as to how the hazard typical of air transport materialized. The mere fact of suffering damage during air travel is sufficient for the court to find that an accident has occurred.

Keywords:

Montreal Convention, hazard, accident, air travel

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Rycek, M. . (2021). Can a Coffee Burn while Traveling by Air be an Accident? Analysis of the Judgment of EU Court of Justice in C-532/18, GN v Niki Luftfahrt GmbH. Polish Review of International and European Law, 10(2), 99–108. https://doi.org/10.21697/priel.2021.10.2.05

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