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SATZ v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORP.

Nos. 00-11383, 00-11385, 00-11386, 00-11839 and 00-11840.

244 F.3d 1279 (2001)

Veronica SATZ, as personal representative of the Estate of Marcos Satz, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Maria Silvina Rumachella, as personal representative of the Estate of Viviana Teresita Rumachella, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Leonor Andrea Alvarez, as personal representative of the Estate of Fernando Daniel Alvarez, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Laura Raquel Gimenez, as personal representative of the Estate of Celia Mazza, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Daniel Jorge Vazquez, as personal representative of the Estate of Susana Ines Trotta, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Decided March 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Floyd A. Wisner, Nolan Law Firm, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Kevin Christian Osborn, Thomas J. McLaughlin, Perkins Coie, LLP, Seattle, WA, Edward A. Moss, Anderson, Moss, Parks, Meyers & Sherouse, P.A., Hildy Herrera Sastre, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and SHAPIRO, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Veronica Satz, personal representative of the Estate of Marcos Satz, deceased, and the four other plaintiffs in this action (all personal representatives) appeal the district court's order of dismissal upon the ground of forum non conveniens. We find no reversible error and therefore affirm.

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This case arises out of the crash of Austral Airlines Flight No. 2553 near Nuevo Berlin, Uruguay, on October 10, 1997. The flight originated...

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