Legal Opinion
Esheva v. Siberia Airlines
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 28, 2007No. 06 Civ. 11347(DLC), 06 Civ. 13409(DLC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
DENISE COTE, District Judge.
One of the two defendants in this action arising from a 2006 airliner crash in Russia has moved to dismiss the action under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Its motion is conditionally granted.
BACKGROUND
On July 9, 2006, a Siberia Airlines (“Si-bir”) regularly scheduled domestic flight from Moscow landed in Irkutsk and overran the runway, striking a concrete barrier and several buildings. While 79 passengers and crew members survived the crash, 124 died. Sixteen of the passengers were residents of countries other than Russia, but none were U.S.…
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