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KING v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT CO.

No. 08-11033.

562 F.3d 1374 (2009)

Jack KING, as personal representative of the Estate of Jessica King, deceased, Plaintiff Cross-Appellee, Barbara Brega, Anette Forsman, individually and/or as 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 CO., a Kansas corporation, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eaton, Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, Gerald C. Sterns, Sterns & Walker, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Miguel A. Estrada, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for Cessna Aircraft Co.

Before DUBINA, BLACK and FAY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Sixty-nine European plaintiffs appeal the district court's order dismissing their case against Cessna Aircraft Company on the basis of forum non conveniens. We find no abuse of discretion and therefore affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out of a tragic plane crash that occurred at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy, on October 8, 2001. On that foggy morning, a private Cessna jet operated by Air Evex, a German charter company, made...

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