092317P.pdf   07/02/2010  Catherine Ray  v.  American Airlines, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2317
                          and No:  09-2357
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Fayetteville   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Beam and Benton, Circuit
   Judges]
   Civil case - torts. District court did not abuse its discretion by
   determining that plaintiff's claims were ripe for summary judgment;
   district court did not err in granting defendant's motion for summary
   judgment on plaintiff's false imprisonment claims as plaintiff could not
   establish the elements of the tort; district court did not err in granting
   American summary judgment on plaintiff's negligence claims as the
   claim was precluded by the "conditions of carriage," a contract
   controlling the company's duties to plaintiff; as the court need not reach
   the question of whether plaintiff's claims are preempted by the Federal
   Administration Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act to resolve
   the appeal, it would not address American's cross-appeal on the issues.