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DOMINGUEZ-COTA v. COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 03-60802.

396 F.3d 650 (2005)

Beatriz DOMINGUEZ-COTA; Guadalupe Gloria Cota-Leyva, Individually and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries of Leticia Dominguez-Cota, Deceased; Maria Guadalupe Lara-Dominguez; Guadalupe Gloria Cota-Leyva, Individually and on behalf of the wrongful death beneficiaries of Axel Dominguez, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO., John Does 1-20, Defendants-Appellees, and General Motors Corporation; John T. Ebert, Defendants-Cross-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellees, v. Vicente Dominguez-Mendoza, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 7, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Carlos Gomez (argued), Gomez Law Firm, McAllen, TX, for Dominguez-Cota, Cota-Leyva and Lara-Dominguez.

Scott Burnett Smith (argued), Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Huntsville, AL, Reed Thomas Warburton, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, for Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Paul Victor Cassisa, Jr., Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Oxford, MS, Howard Bruce Kaplan, Bernard, Cassisa, Elliott & Davis, Metairie, LA, for General Motors Corp.

Samuel E. Scott, McGlinchey Stafford, Jackson, MS, Margaret Diamond, McGlinchey Stafford, Daphne P. McNutt, Barry & Piccione, New Orleans, LA, for Ebert.

Chris Harold Deaton (argued), Dana Gail Deaton, Deaton & Deaton, Grant Moncrief Fox, Fox & Fox, Tupelo, MS, for Dominguez-Mendoza.

Before REAVLEY, DAVIS and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order granting the Defendants' motion to dismiss the Plaintiffs' claims on the basis of forum non conveniens. For the reasons set forth below, we vacate the order and remand the case to the district court.

I.

The underlying litigation in this appeal arises out of a single vehicle accident that occurred on June 26, 2001, on a Mexican national highway in Camino Tijuana/Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Plaintiffs, all of...

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