Legal Opinion
Alvarez Ex Rel. Estate of Alvarez v. Aerovias Nacionales De Colombia, S.A.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided January 25, 1991No. 90-2494-CIVPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER OF REMAND
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, Chief Judge.
This case arises out of the tragic airplane crash of Avianca Flight 52 in Cove Neck, New York, on January 25, 1990. The case was originally filed as a wrongful death action in the Circuit Court in and for Dade County, Florida. The defendants removed the action to this court, claiming that removal was proper because the Warsaw Convention 1 provided the plaintiff’s exclusive cause of action. This case is now before the court on the plaintiff’s motion to remand the case to state court.
The basis for the defendants’ removal of…
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