TAZOE v. AIRBUS S.A.S.

Nos. 09-14847, 09-14860, 09-14875, 09-14878, 09-14879, 09-14880, 09-14881, 09-14898, 09-14908 and 09-14911.

631 F.3d 1321 (2011)

Roberto TAZOE, a Florida resident, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ricardo Tazoe, deceased, Lucia Nobue Ogiyama Shiohara, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Enrico Shiohara, deceased, Rita De Cacia Flores Gomes, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Marcel Cassal Vicentim, deceased, Dario Scott, as co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Thais Volpi Scott, deceased, Ana Silvia Volpi Scott, as co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Thais Volpi Scott, Antonieta Pardal Coutinho De Moraes, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Guilherme Duque Estrada De Moraes, deceased, Tereza Martins Costa Da Silveira, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paulo De Tarso Dresch Da Silveira, deceased, Ana Paula Nunes Marlon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Carlos Roberto Rockenbach, deceased, Teresinha Maria Stumpf, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Silvan Ramos Stumpf, deceased, Luciana Haensel Mattia, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Angela Dorneles Haensel, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIRBUS S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Tam Linhas Aereas, S.A., Empresa Brasileira de Infra-Estrutura Aeroportuaria, Third-Party-Defendants, Appellees. Thiago Soczeki De Paula, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nadja Meria Soczeki de Paula, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, etc., et al., Defendants, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., a foreign corporation, Goodrich Corp., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Empresa Brasileira De Infraestrutura Aeroporturi, Third Party Defendant-Appellee, Tam Linhas Aereas, Cross-Defendant-Appellee. Ana Maria Souto Maior de Queiroz, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Arthur Souto Maior de Queiroz, deceased, Euler Barros Ferreira de Queiroz, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Arthur Souto Maior de Queiroz, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., a foreign corporation, Goodrich Corp., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee, Pegasus Aviation IV, Inc., Defendant, v. Empresa Brasileira De Infra-Estrutura Aeroporturia, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee. Regis De Mello, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andrei Francois De Mello, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross Defendant-Appellee, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., a foreign corporation, Goodrich Corp., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Empresa Brasileira De Infraestrutura Aeroporturia, Third Party Defendant-Appellee. Roberto Tazoe, a Florida resident, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ricardo Tazoe, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, Claudia Kodaira Goes, Jose Carlos Dornelles, Ana Claudete Soares Dornelles, Joice Helena Vinholes Oliveria, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Fernando Antonio Laroque Oliveira, Fernando Antonio Laroque Oliveria, deceased, Jose Luiz De Almeida Dona, as personal Representative of the Estate of Melissa Ura Dona Andrade, deceased; as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andre Ura Dona, deceased; as Personal Representative of the Estate of Alanis Ura Dona De Andrade, deceased, Melissa Ura Dona Andrade, deceased, Osvaldo Lopes Correa Gomes, a Personal Representative of the Estate of Mario Lopes Correa Gomes (deceased), Francisco Gabriel Goncalves Pedrosa, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Gabriel Correa Pedrosa, deceased, Elisie Macena Correa Pedrosa, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Gabriel Correa Pedrosa, deceased, Setsuko Elizabeth W. Tomita, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Heurico Hirochi Tomita, deceased, Joao Paulo Chaccur, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Bruna De Villi Chaccur, deceased, Gottfried Taglohner, Jr., Antonio Westrupp, Zoe Lacerda Westrupp, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Simone Lacerda Westrupp, deceased, Tanagra Rodrigues Velenca Tenorio Rocha, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gilmar Tenorio Rocha, deceased, Consolidated-Plaintiffs-Appellants, Marilda Ura, Intervenor Plaintiff, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, a foreign corporation, Defendant, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellee, Goodrich Corporation, a foreign corporation, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Cross-Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, Empresa Brasileira De Infraestrutura Aeroporturia, Third Party Defendant-Appellee, Tam Linhas Aereas, Cross-Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee. Andrea Goncalves Mendes Oguido, Regiany Cristina Lulio, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Marcio Rogerio De Andrade, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., a foreign corporation, Goodrich Corp., a foreign corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Pegasus Aviation IV, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendant, v. Empresa Brasileira De Infraestrutura Aeroporturia, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee. Carlos E.A. Camargo, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Julia De Oliveira Camargo, Deceased, Magda Luiza Rojek, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Simone Cristina Almeida Felix Alencar, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Goodrich Corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., Airbus S.A.S., IAE International Aero Engines, AG, Defendants-Cross-Claimants-Cross-Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, Pegasus Aviation, Inc., Pegasus Aviation IV, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Empresa Brasileira De Infraestrutura Aeroportuaria, Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee. Anna Maria Finzsch, Horst Max Finzsch, Claus Alexandre Finzsch, Ronald Eduardo Finzsch, as heirs at law of Peter Max Finzsch, deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, a foreign corporation Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation Goodrich Corporation, a foreign corporation International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Roberto Tazoe, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ricardo Tazoe, deceased, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Airbus S.A.S., Defendant-Appellee. Marilda Ura, a resident of Brazil, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Andre Ura Dona, deceased; the Estate of Melissa Ura Dona de Andrade, deceased; and the Estate of Alanis Ura Dona de Andrade, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Tam Linhas Aereas, S.A., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Cross-Claimant-Appellee, Airbus S.A.S., a foreign corporation, Airbus North American Customer Services, Inc., a foreign corporation, International Aero Engines AG, a foreign corporation, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Cross-Claimants-Cross-Defendants-Appellees, Airbus Industrie G.I.E., a foreign corporation, Pegasus Aviation IV, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees, Goodrich Corporation, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellee, Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroporturia, Defendant-Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel D. Eatron , Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, FL, John C. Duane , Motley Rice, LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC, Fidelma L. Fitzpatrick , Motley Rice, LLC, Providence, RI, Robert L. Parks , Coral Gables, FL, Elizabeth L. Crooke , Los Angeles, CA, for Appellants.

Thad T. Dameris , Hogan Lovells, US, LLP, Houston, TX, Richard M. Dunn , Raquel M. Fernandez , Cozen O'Connor , Thomas Emerson Scott, Jr. , Scott A. Cole , Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A., Christopher Edson Knight , Helaine S. Goodner , Fowler, White, Burnett & Hurley, Miami, FL, David J. Weiner , Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, for Appellees.

Before EDMONDSON, PRYOR and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the district court abused its discretion when it dismissed complaints of wrongful death involving the worst accident in Brazilian aviation history based on forum non conveniens. We must address the complaints of three categories of family members of those who died in the accident: (1) the Brazilian family members; (2) the family members of Roberto Tazoe...

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