The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently affirmed the forum non conveniens dismissal of wrongful death and product liability claims brought by personal representatives and beneficiaries of...more
1/28/2020
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Airlines ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Appeals ,
Aviation Industry ,
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Foreign Nationals ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Jurisdiction ,
Malaysia ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Product Defects ,
Public Interest ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wrongful Death
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 ,
Airports ,
Asiana ,
Aviation Industry ,
Federal Admiralty Law ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
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Navigable Waters ,
NTSB ,
San Francisco ,
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SFO
In personal injury or death cases, Article 33 of the Montreal Convention provides five jurisdictions in which an action against the airline can be brought: (1) an air carrier’s place of domicile; (2) an air carrier’s...more
- 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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