Insurance Law

Contact: Glenn Biggs and Shannon O'Hara, Carter Newell (Queensland, Australia)

Bassos v Etihad Airways [2015] QDC 185

The plaintiff alleges he suffered personal injuries resulting from an ‘accident’ within the meaning of Article 17 of the 1999 Montreal Convention and has sought damages in the Queensland District Court in respect of those alleged injuries.1 Etihad Airways (Etihad) sought to have the plaintiff’s claim dismissed summarily for want of there having been an ‘accident’.

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