Legal Opinion
De Aguilar v. Boeing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1995No. 93-05333PublishedCited by 610 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs, the relatives of persons who died in an airline crash in Mexico, appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to remand to state court, the failure of the district court to strike or sever the third party complaint by defendant Boeing Company (“Boeing”), and the dismissal on the ground of forum, non conveniens (“f.n.e.”). Concluding that the district court did not err, we affirm.
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On March 31,1986, a Mexicana Airlines jet crashed near Mexico City, killing everyone on board. An investigation concluded that a tire exploded in the wheel well while…
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