Siswanto v. Airbus, S.A.S

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

John Robert Blakey, United States District Judge

This mass casualty action brought under the Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdic*1026tion Act of 2002 (“MMTJA”) raises questions concerning this Court’s authority to exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant, the French company Airbus, SA.S. (“Airbus”), based on events occurring entirely outside the United States. Although this case departs from the norm in that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(1)(C) and the MMTJA enable this Court to consider Airbus’ contacts .with the United States as a whole and not…