Michelle Leaves Miami Flight Bound London Proceeding East Coast Virginia Plane Makes Emerg Q34325339

Michelle leaves Miami on a flight bound for London. Whileproceeding up the east coast over Virginia, the plane makes anemergency landing and crashes too hard on the ground. Michelle ishurt. She brings a lawsuit under Virginia tort law seeking $250,000for bodily injuries caused by pilot negligence, in addition to arecovery under the Montreal convention. The court will likely:

a. Decide only the state law claimas the exclusive remedy.b. Decide both the state tort lawclaim and Montreal convention claim.c. Decide only the MontrealConvention claim as the exclusive remedy.d. Refuse to hear eitherclaim.

Expert Answer

b. Decide boththe state tort law claim and