HOSAKA v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Nos. 00-15223, 00-15224, 00-15225, 00-15226, 00-15228, 00-15229, 00-15230, 00-15231, 00-15238, 00-15239, 00-15241, 00-15242, 00-15243, 00-15244, 01-15120, 01-15123, 01-15124, 01-15131.

305 F.3d 989 (2002)

Katsuko HOSAKA, individually and on behalf of the Estate and heirs of Sadao Hosaka, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Takeo Yoshikawa; Kimiko Yoshikawa; Yae Yoshikawa; Ayako Yoshikawa; Yuki Yoshikawa; Miyoko Nakazato, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Takehito Yoshikawa; Nami Yoshikawa; Sachiyo Yoshikawa, a minor, and Chizuru Yoshikawa, a minor by and through their guardian ad litem Takehito Yoshikawa, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Nobuyuki Tanaka; Kinuyo Tanaka; Yukiko Tanaka; Makiko Tanaka, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Koja Teshima; Kumiko Teshima, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Kozo Yamada; Isa Yamada; Mashiko Yamada; Chizuru Yamada, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Nobuaki Mizuno; Takako Mizuno, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Takashi Onishi; Junko Onishi; Masaya Onishis; Mihiko Onishi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Yasuo Tanaka; Susumu Tanaka; Ayako Tanaka, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Nubuo Shiga, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Kimee Shiga, Plaintiff, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Izumi Tosaka, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Hatsumi Ito, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Airlines, Inc.; UAL Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Takamasa Kataura, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Machie Taira, Plaintiff, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Kaori Ito, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Shuichi Inako; Hisako Iako; Osamu Inako; Hiroshi Inako, a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem Shuichi Inako, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Shuichiro Minami; Yuriko Minami; Takahiro Minami, a minor, by and through guardian ad litem Shuichiro Minami; Tomohiro Minami, a minor, by and through guardian ad litem Shuichiro Minami, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Masaki Konuma, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Keiko Hirase, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Airlines, Inc.; Ual Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 18, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Pakter, Law Offices of Walter J. Pakter, Gerald C. Sterns, Sterns, Susie Injijian, Sterns & Walker; Tesfaye W. Tsadik, Law Offices of Tesfaye W. Tsadik, Oakland, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard G. Grotch and Clinton H. Coddington, Coddington, Hicks & Danforth, Redwood City, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before REINHARDT and FISHER, Circuit Judges, and MOLLOY, District Judge.


Argued and Submitted February 12, 2002 — San Francisco, California.

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, plaintiffs challenge the district court's dismissal of their actions on the ground of forum non conveniens. Plaintiffs brought claims under the Warsaw Convention arising out of injuries sustained when their United Airlines flight from Tokyo to Hawaii encountered turbulence over the Pacific...

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