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PACHECO DE PEREZ v. AT&T CO.

No. 96-8792.

139 F.3d 1368 (1998)

Ligia PACHECO DE PEREZ, individually, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AT&T COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Cruz SIGALA, and Norma Sofia De Sigala, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Cruz Fernando Sigala and Monica Huornug, as Succession Representative of Corma Sofia De Sigala, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AT&T COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Dudenhefer, Jr., Richard M. Martin, Jr., Cummings, Cummings & Dudenhefer, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William N. Withrow, Jr., Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA, Mark A. Cohen, Fred O. Goldberg, Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BLACK and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and PROPST, Senior District Judge.

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

In these two consolidated cases, plaintiffs-appellants, individuals injured in a 1993 gas pipeline explosion in Venezuela, appeal from the district court's order denying their motion to remand the case to the Georgia state courts and dismissing the action under the doctrine of forum non conveniens.

The explosion, which killed fifty people and injured many others, occurred during the laying of fiber-optic cable in the town of...

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