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KING v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

Nos. 06-10519, 06-10994.

505 F.3d 1160 (2007)

Jack KING, as personal representative of the Estate of Jessica King, deceased, Anette Forsman, individually and/or personal representative and/or as the Person legally authorized under applicable law to bring this wrongful death case for herself, all potential beneficiaries and/or the Estate of Robin Forsman, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Barbara Brega, individually, and/or as Personal Representative and/or as the persons legally authorized under applicable law to bring this wrongful death case for themselves, all potential beneficiaries and/or the Estate of Stefano Romanello, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cessna Aircraft Co., a Kansas corporation, Jeffersen Sanderson, Inc., a Delaware corporation, d.b.a. Jeppesen Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 24, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Herman J. Russomanno, Robert John Borrello, Russomanno & Borrello, P.A., Miami, FL, Gerald C. Sterns, OAkland, CA, Michael P. Verna, Bowles & Verna, LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Henry C. Whitaker, Miguel A. Estrada, Matthew D. McGill, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, Henry M. Knoblock, Stephen Coxhead, Knpoblock, Dohner, Kim & Copeland, South Miami, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and STAGG, District Judge.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

These cases arise out of a tragic accident that occurred one foggy morning in October of 2001 at the Linate airport in Milan, Italy. A private Cessna jet operated by Air Evex, a German charter company, made a wrong turn, taxiing toward an active runway. After air traffic controllers apparently failed to make the problem clear to the plane's pilots, the Air Evex jet collided with a Scandinavian Air Systems jet that was just taking flight. One...

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