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CHENG v. BOEING CO.

Nos. 82-4267, 82-4283, 82-4284 and 82-4288 to 82-4302.

708 F.2d 1406 (1983)

Nina CHENG, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Thomas T.O. Cheng, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Shunsaku HARADA and Masa Harada, in their individual capacities and as Heirs at Law and Legal Successors of Akiko Harada, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. LUI SU NAI-CHAO, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOEING COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Due, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Baton Rouge, La., Arthur S. Katayama, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Michael M. Marron, Marron, Reid & Sheehy, David W. Gordon, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, San Francisco, Cal., Frank A. Silane, Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRILL, SNEED, and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

The Cheng and Harada plaintiffs brought actions against Boeing, United Airlines, and Far Eastern Air Transport in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on claims arising out of the crash of a commercial airliner in Taiwan in 1981. Defendants asserted that Taiwan was a more convenient forum and moved that plaintiffs' cause be dismissed on the ground of forum...

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