Legal Opinion
Alma Torreblanca De Aguilar v. Boeing Co.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided September 22, 1992No. 1:92-cv-00014PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FORUM NON CONVENIENS
COBB, District Judge.
FACTS
On March 30, 1986, a Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 flew non-stop from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to Guadalahara, Mexico, and then to Mexico City. The following day, March 31, 1986, it crashed after takeoff killing its crew and passengers. The airplane, operating as Mexicana Airlines Flight 940, was en route from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta. An agency of the Mexican government investigated the accident. It concluded a tire explosion in the aircraft’s wheel well resulted in an in-flight fire. The fire…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susanna Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American Airways, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- in All Cases which have been Consolidated into this Proceeding by Order of the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation v. Union Carbide Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by25 opinions
- De Aguilar v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Vasquez v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2003
- DTEX, LLC v. BBVA Bancomer, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
- In Re Ford Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2009
- Zermeno v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 2003
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