Ayanna Robinson v. AirTran Airways, Inc.

FILED
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
JUNE 23, 2010
JOHN LEY
CLERK
[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 09-16253
Non-Argument Panel
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D.C. Docket No.09-00439-CV-TWT-1
AYANNA ROBINSON,
ELLIOTT ROBINSON,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
versus
AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC.,
RAYMOND LEWIS,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Georgia
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(June 23, 2010)
Before BARKETT, HULL and HILL, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

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Appellants Ayanna Robinson (Mrs. Robinson) and Elliott Robinson
(collectively, the Robinsons) filed a personal injury action against AirTran
Airways, Inc. (AirTran) and Raymond Lewis (Lewis), after Mrs. Robinson was
groped by Lewis, a fellow drunken passenger, on an AirTran flight November 3,
2007, from Atlanta, Georgia, to Richmond, Virginia. In their complaint, the
Robinsons allege: (1) negligent hiring, training and supervising of AirTran
employees; (2) negligence on behalf of AirTran’s employees; (3) breach of a
common carrier’s heightened duty of care; (4) loss of consortium; (5) willful
misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, oppression, and want of care sufficient to
support punitive damages; and, (6) bad faith conduct entitling the Robinsons to
attorneys’ fees. AirTran filed a motion for summary judgment that was granted by
the district court.
We have reviewed the extensive record in this case, the briefs, the
arguments of counsel presented, and the opinion of the district court. Finding no
error, we affirm the judgment of the district court.1
AFFIRMED.
As stated, the judgment is affirmed. We offer no opinion on the gratuitous unburdening1
by the district judge of his views on present day air travel.
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