Case Name: Adekumle Adesina, Respondent, v. Swissair, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-06-30
Citations: 143 Misc. 2d 406
Docket Number: 
Parties: Adekumle Adesina, Respondent, v Swissair, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 143
Pages: 406–407

Head Matter:
Adekumle Adesina, Respondent, v Swissair, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
June 30, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Condon & Forsyth (Michael J. Holland and George N. Tompkins, III, of counsel), for appellant.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Judgment unanimously reversed, without costs, and action dismissed.
Plaintiffs claim for damages resulting from the loss of baggage during an international flight was covered by article 28 (1) of the Warsaw Convention (Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Transportation by Air [49 US Stat 3000, TS No. 876, reprinted following 49 USCA § 1502]). Inasmuch as defendant is domiciled and has its principal place of business in Switzerland, and the place where the contract was made as well as the ultimate destination was Nigeria, the Civil Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction (see, Adesina v Swissair, 648 F Supp 997).
Kassoff, P. J., Pizzuto and Williams, JJ.