Legal Opinion
Rookard v. Mexicoach
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1982No. 79-3592PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SPENCER WILLIAMS, District Judge:
David and Fiona Rookard appeal from a district court order granting summary judgment for defendant-appellee Mexicoach in Appellants’ action to recover for personal injuries sustained in a catastrophic autobus accident which killed thirty persons, injured scores more, in Mexico on March 21, 1978. Appellants seek recovery as well against the two Mexican bus companies involved in that crash based on a default judgment entered against them. Their chances of a substantial recovery on the defaults, however, are effectively vitiated by a Mexican law limiting the…
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