dommage survenu
dommage survenu (daw-mazh suur-v[schwa]-noo). [French] Damage sustained. • This is from article 17 of the Warsaw Convention providing for compensatory damages, rather than awards for loss of society or punitive damages, for bodily injury that a passenger suffers while onboard an aircraft, or while boarding or disembarking. [Cases: Carriers 307, 319. C.J.S. Aeronautics and Aerospace […]