Legal Opinion
Lueck v. Sundstrand Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 8, 2001No. 99-15961PublishedCited by 150 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s dismissal of their suit on the basis of forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs, citizens of New Zealand, are victims of an airplane crash in New Zealand, on a New Zealand carrier. Plaintiffs allege that the radio altimeter of the Ground Proximity Warning System (“GPWS”) malfunctioned during flight and was a causal factor of the accident. Defendants, the Canadian manufacturer of the aircraft and the American manufacturers of the GPWS and the radio altimeter, argued that New Zealand was an adequate alternative forum and that the public and…
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