Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-589/20JR v Austrian Airlines AG
- Decided
- 2022-06-02
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2022:424
- CELEX
- 62020CJ0589
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
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Reference for a preliminary ruling – Air transport – Montreal Convention – Article 17(1) – Liability of air carriers for death or injury sustained by passengers – Concept of ‘accident’ causing death or injury – Bodily injury suffered during disembarkation – Article 20 – Exoneration of air carrier from liability – Concept of ‘damage suffered caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of that injured passenger’ – Fall of passenger not holding on to the handrail of a mobile disembarkation stairway.
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Read from EU:s publikationsbyrå, Cellar (EUR-Lex och CURIA) on 2026-08-22.
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