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SCHIPPERS v. U.S.

No. 12-10023.

715 F.3d 879 (2013)

Denise SCHIPPERS, Sharon Cox-Estep, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 3, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Branham, III , Branham Law Group, LLP, Anthony H. Lowenberg , Goldfarb Branham, LLP, Dallas, TX, Richard B. Waterhouse, Jr. , Hartline Dacus et al, Corpus Christi, TX, James F. Waters, III , Law Office of James F. Waters, III, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jeffrica Jenkins Lee , U.S. Dept. of Justice — Civil Div., Thomas Mark Bondy , Orla Margaret Brady , Eric Stephen Johnson , James C. Wilson , U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, Charles Wendlandt, Jr. , U.S. Atty., Corpus Christi, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILSON and COX, Circuit Judges, and VINSON, District Judge.

VINSON, District Judge:

As succinctly noted by counsel at the beginning of oral argument: "This is a case about a plane crash in Texas and what law should control." After undertaking a choice-of-law analysis, the District Court for the Middle District of Florida held that the law of Florida should control, and it dismissed the complaint by Denise Schippers and Sharon Cox-Estep on the ground that they lacked capacity to bring the action under Florida law. Upon review...

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