Asiana Flight 214 may have crashed in San Francisco, but only the 64 American citizens who were on the flight can automatically sue the airline in U.S. courts– and benefit from this country’s generous injury lawsuit payouts.
That’s because of the Montreal Convention, an international treaty that governs international aviation disasters. The Montreal Convention limits suits brought by victims of plane crashes to five places: the passenger’s home country, the country where the ticket was purchased, the country where the airline conducts business, the country where the airline was incorporated, and the final destination of the plane. And with round-trip tickets, the final destination is actually the point of origin.
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