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ESFELD v. COSTA CROCIERE, S.P.A.

Nos. 01-11072 to 01-11074.

289 F.3d 1300 (2002)

Patricia ESFELD, Donald Esfeld, her husband, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COSTA CROCIERE, S.P.A., a foreign corporation doing business in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Defendant-Appellee. Eleanor Cohon, Julian Cohon, her husband, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Costa Crociere, S.P.A., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Belle Bestor, Stanley Bestor, her husband, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Costa Crociere, S.P.A., a foreign corporation doing business in Miami-Dade County, Florida, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 30, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel S. Perwin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephanie H. Wylie, David J. Horr, Horr, Linfors & Skipp, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BIRCH and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and DOWD, District Judge.

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellants Belle and Stanley Bestor, Eleanor and Julian Cohon, and Patricia and Donald Esfeld challenge the district court's dismissal of their diversity suits brought against Costa Crociere, S.P.A. ("Costa"), for personal injuries that they sustained while on a guided van tour of Vietnam. The question on appeal is whether, under the Erie1 doctrine, state or federal law on forum non conveniens...

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