Legal Opinion
Michael E. A. Ford v. Robert Winston Brown
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 2003No. 19-11652PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
The Castle Peak “B” Power Station,1 located in Hong Kong, exploded on August *130428, 1992, killing two people and injuring nineteen others. The event spawned the following proceedings: (1) a Coroner's Inquest in Hong Kong; (2) a Hong Kong Bar Association disciplinary proceeding against Michael Ford ("Plaintiff'); (3) a Hong Kong civil suit against Ford; (4) a law suit in Texas instigated by Plaintiff against Exxon Corp. and Robert Brown ("Defen~ dants"); and (5) this litigation-a law suit filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida by…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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