The Weekly Law Reports
[2003] 3 WLR 956
Court of Appeal
In re
Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Group Litigation
[2003] EWCA Civ 1005
2003 July 1,
2,
3
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers MR, Judge and Kay LJJ
Aircraft
— Carriage by air
— Accident
— Passenger suffering deep vein thrombosis during normal flight
— Passenger's claim under Convention that bodily injury caused by “accident”
— Whether carrier's assumed failure to warn of risks of injury and provision of cramped seating capable of constituting “accident”
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Carriage by Air Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2, c 27), Sch. 1, art 17