Originally Posted by
kthomas
You are not a lawyer and evidently have no legal training. (I do not know what "a luggage issue" is, but there is an issue of improper and negligent bailment to a third party and failure to exercise duty of care in a bailment.) There is a license to practice in front of the US Supreme Court the wall of the house I maintain six blocks from to the Federal Court in Milwaukee (due to the conveniently short walking distance). I will not have any uphill battle (many complications aside, corporations with a business presence in the US are prima faciesubject to US primary jurisdiction), my barriers to entry are low, and I consider this a bit of sport (can AF be stupid enough to let it go to me seizing the lounge at O'Hare //1 -- other companies have managed worse by ignoring relatively small judgments). And with all respect, "just my opinion" seems to frequently accompany opinions of low value.
//1: yes I know-- probably not their property-- better to try impounding a 787 if you have an outstanding judgment that has been ignored--
Many complications aside, shouldn't your suit be thrown out on the basis that "(
jurisdiction can be asserted where a corporation's in-state activities are not only "continuous and systematic, but also give rise to the liabilities sued on")" etc. as per Goodyear, Daimler and more...
While I admit that a lawsuit brought might very well end up in AF finding it cheaper to settle than to defend, I would find it hard to believe that courts would agree that you can sue an airline for an issue happening entirely outside the US just on the basis that they also sell tickets to the US.