Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Over Taiwan Straits on May 25, 2002
District Court, C.D. California
Decided July 20, 2004No. CV 03-3635 MMM (RNBx)PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS GROUNDS
MORROW, District Judge.
On May 25, 2002, China Airlines flight CI611 crashed while en route from Taipei, Taiwan, to Hong Kong, resulting in the death of all 225 persons aboard. Heirs of 124 of the decedents have filed actions pending in this court against defendants Boeing Company and China Airlines. Both defendants move to dismiss all but three of these actions on forum non conve-niens grounds.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
On May 25, 2002, China Airlines flight CI611, a regularly scheduled flight from Taipei, Taiwan to Hong…
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