The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit recently affirmed the forum non conveniens dismissal of wrongful death and product liability claims brought by personal representatives and beneficiaries of...more
1/28/2020
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Airlines ,
Airplane Accidents ,
Appeals ,
Aviation Industry ,
Boeing ,
Dismissals ,
Evidence ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Jurisdiction ,
Malaysia ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Product Defects ,
Public Interest ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wrongful Death
In Erwin-Simpson v. AirAsia Berhad, __ F. Supp. 3d __, No. 18-cv-00083 (CRC), 2019 WL 1317337 (D.D.C. Mar. 22, 2019), the court dismissed personal injury claims by a passenger and her husband arising from spilled boiling...more
5/1/2019
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Aviation Industry ,
Bodily Injury ,
Dismissals ,
Forum State ,
General Jurisdiction ,
Montreal Convention ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Physical Presence Test ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Travelers ,
Websites
On Nov. 21, 2018, multidistrict litigation (MDL) Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson dismissed all pending wrongful death cases arising from the disappearance of Flight MH370 on forum non conveniens (FNC) grounds. The court concluded...more
12/3/2018
/ Air Carriers ,
Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Dismissals ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
ICAO ,
Malaysia ,
Manufacturers ,
Montreal Convention ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Res Ipsa Loquitur ,
Transportation Industry ,
Wrongful Death
• Airline Deregulation Act (ADA) preempts class action claims seeking to enforce Florida statute that limits an air ambulance operator's prices by prohibiting balance billing of unpaid invoices.
• McCarran-Ferguson Act...more
5/25/2018
/ Airline Deregulation Act ,
Airlines ,
Ambulance Providers ,
Aviation Industry ,
Billing ,
Class Action ,
Dismissals ,
Insurance Industry ,
McCarran-Ferguson Act ,
Preemption ,
Pricing ,
Summary Judgment
In a significant decision for the airline industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed the district court's summary judgment dismissal of common law tort claims against an airline arising out of a...more