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Krys and his wife argued that
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refused to hear the airline's appeal arguing that the incident should have been classified as an accident, per the Warsaw
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Leonard Krys, Rebeca Krys, His Wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lufthansa German
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He owned a travel agency at the time of the heart attack, but the health crisis spurred a midlife career switch to acting. He acted in
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which transported Krys to a hospital. At the hospital, the doctors concluded that Krys had indeed suffered a heart attack.
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Leonardo Krys died of a heart attack in Miami, on March 14, 2009.
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was a travel agent whose 1991 heart attack aboard a
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