| Man Pistol Whipped in
Istanbul Airport Sues Turkish Airlines Under
Montreal Protocol
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 5 – Otar Dularidze was
taking Turkish Airlines from
Tblisi, Georgia via Istanbul
to New York City, specifically
Brooklyn where he lives, when
he was beaten and pistol
whipped in the Istanbul
airport. He sued.
On
September 4 U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
Gregory H. Woods held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
At
issue is whether Dularidze and
his spouse Alona Lensky can
sued Turkish Airlines under
the Montreal Protocol, with
the beat-down being considered
an accident during
international travel.
Turkish
Airlines' lawyer Christopher
Carlsen of Clyde & Co. of
405 Lexington Avenue said the
airline has no control over
those who allegedly beat
Dularidze, and that the forum
would be more convenient in
Turkey.
Dularidze's
lawyer Thatcher Stone now of
Virginia, after emphasizing
how well he gets along with
Carlsen, said that the Turkish
justice system cannot be
trusted.
He said
that even walking in a airport
from one gate to another, one
is engaged in international
travel.
Stone at the end asked Judge
Woods when the SDNY courthouse
would re-open.
Judge Woods said
it is already open, he held a
bench trial in July. Stone
laughed and said he looked
forward to coming north, "once
there is a vaccine."
The case is
Lensky et al v. Turkish
Airlines, Inc., 20-cv-4978
(Woods)
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