SANTOS v. COMPAGNIE NATIONALE AIR FRANCE

No. 90-3059.

934 F.2d 890 (1991)

Miguel SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMPAGNIE NATIONALE AIR FRANCE, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Quinn, William E. Reynolds, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael J. Sehr, Haskell & Perrin, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Miguel Santos ("Santos") appeals the District Court's dismissal of his suit against Compagnie National Air France ("Air France"). According to his Complaint, Santos was working at Orly Airport in Paris when an Air France employee injured him by negligently driving a vehicle into a loading platform. The District Court held that Air France is immune from suit in the United States on these facts under 28 U.S.C. § 1604. We affirm because...

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