Crash victims probably cannot litigate cause of Alaska airlines crash

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge ruled late Tuesday that an international treaty prevents victims of an Alaska Airlines crash last year from recovering punitive damages from the airline.

U.S. District Judge Charles Legge ruled that the Warsaw Convention does not allow air disaster victims to recover such damages -- money meant to punish a company for alleged wrongdoing.
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