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Alaska Airlines Sued For $521,900 After 11 Japanese Paintings Ruined In Honolulu Rainstorm
An art insurer is suing Alaska Airlines for more than $521,900 after 11 paintings were allegedly soaked and badly damaged while being transferred between aircraft amid a heavy rainstorm in Honolulu. The original artworks were traveling from Osaka, Japan, to New York via Honolulu ahead of delivery to New York-based Japanese art dealer Naga Antiques.
An art insurer is suing Alaska Airlines for more than $521,900 after 11 paintings were allegedly soaked and badly damaged while being transferred between aircraft amid a heavy rainstorm in Honolulu.
The paintings were traveling from Osaka, Japan to New York via Honolulu, with planned delivery to a New York-based Japanese art dealer, Naga Antiques.
The lawsuit attributes the damage to the transfer process between aircraft during the Honolulu rainstorm, resulting in claimed moisture-related harm to the artworks.
No other details about the insurance dispute, the condition of the paintings, or potential injuries or losses are provided in the material.
The report does not include dates beyond the publication timestamp of the source material and does not specify the aircraft involved or the exact locations within Honolulu where the transfer occurred.