Legal Opinion
Vivas v. Boeing Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 15, 2009No. 1-08-2726, 1-08-2740 (cons.)PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE ROBERT E. GORDON
delivered the opinion of the court:
After an airplane flight crashed near Pucalpa, Peru, on August 23, 2005, plaintiffs brought claims of product liability and of negligent design, manufacture and warning against defendant The Boeing Company (Boeing), which designed and manufactured the airplane, and defendant United Technologies Corporation (UTC), which manufactured the airplane’s engines. Plaintiffs were the survivors of the crash and representatives of decedents who died in the crash.
Defendants moved to dismiss on the grounds of forum non conveniens in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Dawdy, Jr. v. Union Pacific R.R. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2003
- Griffith v. Mitsubishi Aircraft International, Inc.Illinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Vinson v. AllstateIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
- Langenhorst v. Norfolk Southern Ry. Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 2006
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