PIERRE-LOUIS v. NEWVAC CORP.

Nos. 07-15828, 07-15830 and 07-15902.

584 F.3d 1052 (2009)

Annick Joelle PIERRE-LOUIS, Antoine Vincent Guyard, Thibaud Guyard, a minor, by his father Antoine Vincent Guyard, individually as heirs of Abdon Joesph Pierre-Louis, deceased and individually as heirs of Lawrence Pierre-Louis, deceased, Leon Noel Edmond Lorne, Melanie Suzie Martine, a minor, by her mother Marie-Nelly Martie individually as heirs of Serge Nal, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NEWVAC CORPORATION, a Florida corporation, Go 2 Galaxy, Inc., a Florida corporation, West Caribbean Airways, S.A., a Columbian corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Sylvia Bapte, Individually and as personal representative of the Estates of Christiane Bapte, deceased, and Sylvain Bapte, deceased, Stephanie Isabelle Bapte, Aubin Casimir, Maryvonne Bapte, et. al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Newvac Corporation, a Florida Corp., Go 2 Galaxy, Inc., a Florida corp., West Caribbean Airways, S.A., a Columbian Corp., Defendants-Appellees. Henri Galbert, as personal representative of the Estate of Nicolas Massal, Deceased, et al., Plaintiffs, Nicolas Massal, Murielle Massal, Maeva Massal, Joseph Galbert, Marie Galbert, Joachim-Arnaud, Paul Berisson, Georges Berisson, Raphose, Marie Luce, Joseph Boniface, Scaglioni, Lanoir, Montlouis Felicte, Alex Peters, Berton, Raphaelle Couffe, Robert Couffe, Marie Peters, Violton, Sohan Ventakapen, Michel Ventakapen, Eudaric, Bertin Marie-Luce, Charles Cabrera, Rosamond, Catherine Cabrera, Denis Ramin, Laurence Ramin, Duranville, Henri Hospice, Adree Hospice, Maquiaba, Victorin, Iphaine, Legendart, Bermont, Florine, Laurent, Magloire, Sainte-Rose, Antiste, Jeremie Bocle, Nal, Dijon, Pepinter, Porro, Bapte, Taupin, Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, The Estate of Francis Berton, The Estate of Marie-Pierre Cadare, The Estate of Raphaelle Couffe, Marie-Odile Monlouis-Felicite, The Estate of David Scaglioni, Plaintiffs, v. West Caribbean Airways, a Colombian corporation, Aseguradoro Colseguros, S.A., a Colombian corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Newvac Corporation, a Florida corporation, Go 2 Galaxy, Inc., a Florida corporation, Jaques Cimetier, individually, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 8, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. McCune, Jr., Mary Schivao, Motley Rice, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Lexi Hazam, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Jorge Emilio Silva, Silva & Silva, Coral Gables, FL, Philip D. Parrish, Phillip D. Parrish, P.A., South Miami, FL, for Appellants.

Alan I. Mendelsohn, Donald J. Kassilke, Sher & Blackwell, LLP, Washington, DC, Joseph Thompson Thornton, Beverly D. Eisenstadt, Thornton, Davis & Fein, PA, Miami, FL, John Shelton Penton, Jr., Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Henry M. Knoblock, Stephen Coxhead, Knoblock, Dohner, Kim & Copeland, South Miami, FL, for Appellees.

Thomas M. Bondy, Douglas N. Letter, Sharon Swingle, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., App. Staff, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae, U.S.

Before BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges, and QUIST, District Judge.


BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

This consolidated appeal arises from several wrongful death actions brought by the survivors of passengers killed in the crash of a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft, operating as West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, in the mountains of Venezuela. All of the appellants/cross-appellees, plaintiffs in the proceedings below ("Plaintiffs"), are natural persons and residents of Martinique, a Department of the Republic of France, and represent the deceased...

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