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LACEY v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 87-3822.

862 F.2d 38 (1988)

Graeme MacArthur LACEY, Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a corporation; Hanlon & Wilson Company, a corporation; Teledyne Inc., a corporation; and John Does1 — 10, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Louik, Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, Pittsburgh, Pa., Herbert E. Adelman (argued), Ennis, Friedman & Bersoff, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Eric Reif (argued), Amy Acheson, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Teledyne Continental Motors, Aircraft Products, a Division of Teledyne Industries, Inc.

Before BECKER, STAPLETON, and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Graeme MacArthur Lacey appeals from the district court's dismissal of his products liability complaint on forum non conveniens grounds. Plaintiff, an Australian citizen, was injured in a plane crash in British Columbia. He later instituted this diversity action in the district court for the Western District of Pennsylvania seeking damages for personal injuries. Named as defendants were appellees, Cessna...

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