PHILLIPS v. AIR NEW ZEALAND LTD.

[2002] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 408

QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION(COMMERCIAL COURT)

Before Mr. Justice MORISON

Carriage by air - Personal injuries - Warsaw Convention - Claimant unfit to carry heavy luggage and assisted by wheelchair and helper employed by ground handlers - Claimant injured while being transported upstairs on moving escalator due to negligence of helper - Whether Warsaw Convention applied - Whether claimant’s injury occurred “in the course of any of the operations of embarking” - Whether defendants liable for negligence of helper - Warsaw Convention, art. 17.