The Weekly Law Reports
[2005] 3 WLR 1320
House of Lords
In re
Deep Vein Thrombosis and Air Travel Group Litigation
[2005] UKHL 72
2005 Oct 19,
20;
Dec 8
Dec 8
Lord Scott of Foscote, Lord Steyn, Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe, Baroness Hale of Richmond and Lord Mance
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, Pt I, art 17