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Case of the Day: Baylay v. Eithad Airways
The case of the day is Baylay v. Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. (7th Cir. 2018). Martin Baylay, a British national, was a pilot for Etihad, an Abu Dhabi corporation (and, apparently, an instrumentality of the UAE). Baylay alleged that he was assaulted by Saravdeep Mann, another crew member, during a layover in Chicago. Mann was arrested……
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Case of the Day: Kumar v. Sudan (With a Circuit Split!)
Under the FSIA, if you are suing a foreign sovereign and there is no special arrangement for service, and if you can’t make service under an applicable treaty such as the Hague Service Convention, you have to serve process “by any form of mail requiring a signed receipt, to be addressed and dispatched by the……
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Case of the Day: MMA Consultants v. Peru
The case of the day is MMA Consultants 1, Inc. v. Republic of Peru (2d Cir. 2017). MMA claimed it was the holder of bearer bonds Peru issued in 1875. In 2015, it sent demand letters to the Peruvian embassy seeking payment, but it received no response. It sued for breach of contract. Peru moved……
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Case of the Day: AIG v. Permanent Mission of Myanmar
The case of the day is AIG Property & Casualty Co. v. Permanent Mission of Myanmar to the United Nations (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2017). Gregory Callimanopulos owned a building abutting Myanmar’s mission to the UN. He claimed that his property suffered water damage after the mission negligently failed to maintain its plumbing. His insurer, AIG,……
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Case of the Day: Schermerhorn v. Israel
The case of the day is Schermerhorn v. State of Israel (D.C. Cir. 2017). I covered the District Court decision in February 2017. The case is in the “Gaza flotilla lawfare” genre, along with Doğan v. Barak. David Schermerhorn and several others set sail on the Challenger I in 2010 to take part in the……