Aldy v. Valmet Paper MacHinery

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the applicability of the commercial activities exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602 et seq., in a products liability suit asserting failure to warn, design, and manufacturing defects in a machine designed and manufactured in Finland and installed in Louisiana. We conclude that the exemption is applicable and affirm the district court’s refusal to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

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On March 18, 1991, Charles Aldy and Charley Malone were crushed to death while they were working in a paper machine at the…