Legal Opinion
Gschwind v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1998No. 97-3164PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TACHA, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a plane crash that occurred in France and killed the pilot, Cyril Gschwind. Defendants, the Cessna Aircraft Company and Pratt & Whitney Canada, moved for dismissal based on forum non conveniens. The district court granted their motion, finding that France would be a significantly more convenient forum for this dispute. We take jurisdiction of the plaintiffs appeal pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1291 and affirm.
On August 16, 1993, Cyril Gschwind, a French citizen living in Belgium, died when the Cessna Caravan 208B that he was piloting crashed near Cannes,…
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