Stagnation point - Sorry, can't find any reference to this court case.
Articles like this probably raise more questions than they answer.
From the information given, it seems likely that KLM breached their responsibility to provide her with "safe conduct" as an unaccompanied minor. I think Late Again Hoskins may not have appreciated that she was accepted by KLM under their "unaccompanied minor" plan. Following a number of high profile cases last year, when UMs were lost on routes involving a change of aircraft, a number of US carriers are now only accepting UMs on direct flights.
In the states, about 2 years ago there was a case raised along similar lines, when an airline was sued under the Warsaw Convention, because a woman was sexually assaulted. The court initially threw it out on the basis that the incident was not "an accident", and therefore not covered under the convention! Details may be found here: <a href="http://www.condonlaw.com/sept2000.htm" target="_blank">http://www.condonlaw.com/sept2000.htm</a>
While searching, I came across this beauty, about a woman suing the airline for making her sit next to a cat when she was allergic! - <a href="http://www.condonlaw.com/sept2000.htm" target="_blank">http://www.condonlaw.com/sept2000.htm</a> . .
[ 01 March 2002: Message edited by: newswatcher ]</p>