No. 92-16663

24 F.3d 39 62 USLW 2705 Billie Jean ANDREWS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC., a corporation; Does 1 through 50, inclusive, Defendant-Appellee. No. 92-16663. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Feb. 10, 1994. Decided May 13, 1994. Andrew Zabronsky, Susie Injijian, Deborah M. Heller, Sterns, Walker & Lods, San Francisco, CA, for plaintiff-appellant. Philip R. Diamond, James C. Nielson, Peter M. Hart, Wright, Robinson, McCammon, Osthimer & Tatum, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, KOZINSKI and TROTT, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI. KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge. 1 We are called upon to determine whether United Airlines took adequate measures to deal with that elementary notion of physics--what goes up, must come down. For, while the skies are friendly enough, the ground can be a mighty dangerous place when heavy objects tumble from overhead compartments. 2 * During the mad scramble that usually follows hard upon an airplane's arrival at the gate, a briefcase fell from an overhead compartment and seriously injured…