Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit August 19, 2004, No. 02-55097 (Prescod v. AMR, Inc.)

PER CURIAM:

For most travelers affected by air carriers’ misplacement of luggage, the ineon-venience is a fleeting nuisance. In the case before us, however, the district court found that the defendant Airlines’ failure to ensure that Caroline Neischer’s bag remained in her possession was a substantial cause of Neischer’s death nine days after the bag’s confiscation, because the bag contained “a