Legal Opinion
Reyno v. Piper Aircraft Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 24, 1980No. 79-2747PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a dismissal of a wrongful death action on grounds of forum non conveniens. The issues include the factors to be considered in such a dismissal, the burden of persuasion on such motion, the scope of the trial judge’s discretion, and the application of choice of law rules of California and Pennsylvania.
The event giving rise to this dispute was the crash of a Piper aircraft in Scotland in July 1976. The plane was owned by a Scottish air taxi service, the passengers and crew of which were Scottish. All persons aboard were killed and…
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