Opinion ID: 742374
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Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Set Off for Aeromexico Indemnification

Text: 17 The district court reduced the award to Navis by $150,000, the amount Navis received as settlement from Aeromexico under the Warsaw Convention for the deaths of his two parents. Navis argues that the United States should not be able to set off the full amount of the settlement because the United States is only 50% liable for non-economic damages to Navis. 18 The payments made by Aeromexico pursuant to the Warsaw Convention are treated as payments for economic loss. Air Crash Disaster Near Cerritos, 982 F.2d at 1276 (case involving same air crash as this case). Therefore, the United States is 100% liable to Aeromexico for the $150,000 settlement, and is entitled to a 100% set off against Navis. Id.