ESPADA SÁNCHEZ AND OTHERS v IBERIA LÍNEAS AÉREAS DE ESPAÑA SA

[2013] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 411

EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

Before SILVA DE LAPUERTA, LENAERTS, JUHÁSZ, MALENOVSKÝ, ŠVÁBY, MAZÁK, FERREIRA

International carriage by air – Liability for loss of baggage – Passenger placing items in baggage checked in by another passenger on same flight – Baggage lost during flight – Whether first passenger entitled to compensation for lost items notwithstanding he had not obtained a baggage identification tag – Whether compensation limit of 1,000 SDR applicable to each piece of checked baggage or to each individual passenger – Montreal Convention 1999, articles 3(3), 17(2) and 22(2).