Summary Judgment in Aviation Premises Liability Case Involving Flight Attendant Training Injury
WWHGD attorneys Carol Michel and Brittany Llewellyn won summary judgment in an aviation related premises liability matter in the District Court, Clark County, Nevada. Plaintiff alleged that she was seriously injured and permanently disabled due to an incident occurring as she was conducting training for a class of flight attendant trainees for her employer. Prior to the date of the incident, her employer had entered into an agreement with WWHGD’s client to rent equipment owned by a codefendant at client’s facility. At the time of the incident, plaintiff was using an FAA-approved slide owned, controlled, inspected, and maintained by codefendant in a space subleased from client. WWHGD presented evidence that there have been no other injury incidents on the slide since it was purchased by in 2016 and an absence of evidence that client had notice that the slide was “dangerous” such that client was required to take steps to prevent an injury from occurring. Without establishing that client breached an alleged duty, each of plaintiff’s claims for “negligence” and “premises liability” failed on summary judgment. The Court also ruled in favor of WWHGD’s client on plaintiff’s arguments related to joint venture and negligent undertaking.