In litigation arising from the July 2013 accident of Asiana Flight 214 at the San Francisco International Airport, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the District Court's remand decision, holding that...more
7/10/2015
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Airplane Accidents ,
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Asiana ,
Aviation Industry ,
Federal Admiralty Law ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
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NTSB ,
San Francisco ,
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SFO
- An aircraft manufacturer's ability to remove a case to federal court based on admiralty jurisdiction involved consideration of whether "injury became inevitable" while the aircraft was still over water.
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