El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd v. Tsui Yuan Tseng

1. Who were the parties involved in the case? (plaintiff/defendant/respondent/petitioner)

Tseng the plaintiff and El Al Israel Airlines the defendant

2. What were the facts in the case?

Before boarding an El Al Israel Airlines flight from New York to Tel Aviv, Tseng, a passenger, was physically subjected to an intrusive security search. Although not injured bodily, Tseng sued El Al for damages, asserting, among other charges, assault and false imprisonment. A federal court dismissed the case on the basis of the Warsaw Convention, a treaty that precludes a passenger from maintaining an action for damages resulting from personal injury when the claim does not satisfy certain conditions for liability. The Convention expressly does not permit recovery for psychic of psychosomatic injury.

3. What was the Rule of Law in the case? (Rule of law the court applies to determine the rights of the parties)

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4.Who won the case? Why?

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