Legal Opinion
Lorenzo Mendoza Martinez v. Avions De Transport Regional
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 21, 2014No. 12-16043PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, the heirs of Lorenzo Corazon Mendoza Cervantes, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their claims against Avions de Transport Régional (“ATR”) for lack of personal jurisdiction. Cervantes was a passenger on an airplane that crashed in Cuba, killing everyone aboard. ATR, a French company, designed and manufactured the airplane. Plaintiffs sued ATR in federal court in California, alleging that ATR’s defective design and construction of the airplane caused the crash.
We must decide whether, under Burnham, v. Superior Court, 495 U.S. 604, 110 S.Ct.…
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