Legal Opinion
Pacheco De Perez v. AT&T Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 1998No. 96-8792PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARKETT, Circuit Judge:
In these two consolidated cases, plaintiffs-appellants, individuals injured in a 1993 gas pipeline explosion in Venezuela, appeal from the district court’s order denying their motion to remand the ease to the Georgia state courts and dismissing the action under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
The explosion, which killed fifty people and injured many others, occurred during the laying of fiber-optic cable in the town of Tejerías, Venezuela, when a machine used to dig a trench for the cable struck a gas pipeline. Plaintiffs allege that defendants-appel-lees AT&T…
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