Legal Opinion
Dierdre M. Sherer, Administratrix of the Estate of David W. Sherer, Deceased v. Construcciones Aeronauticas, S.A., a Foreign Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1993No. 91-4190PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
This action arises from a plane crash in March 1987 in which Appellant Dierdre Sherer’s decedent was killed. Construc-ciones Aeronáuticas, S.A. (CASA), the manufacturer of the plane, is a Spanish corporation which is largely owned by the Spanish government. As such, it is an “agency or instrumentality of a foreign state” for purposes of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA), 28 U.S.C. § 1608. Under the FSIA, unless there is a special agreement between the parties, an authorized agent in the United States, or an applicable international convention, the…
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