Legal Opinion
Tazoe v. Airbus S.A.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 1, 2011No. 09-14847, 09-14860, 09-14875, 09-14878, 09-14879, 09-14880, 09-14881, 09-14898, 09-14908 and 09-14911PublishedCited by 326 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRYOR, Circuit Judge:
This appeal presents the question whether the district court abused its discretion when it dismissed complaints of wrongful death involving the worst accident in Brazilian aviation history based on forum non conveniens. We must address the complaints of three categories of family members of those who died in the accident: (1) the Brazilian family members; (2) the family members of Roberto Tazoe, who was a citizen of the United States; and (3) Anna Finzsch, a Brazilian mother whose complaint was dismissed sua sponte by the district court before Finzsch had served a summons…
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