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IN RE AIR CRASH AT MADRID, SPAIN, ON AUG. 20, 2008

Case No. 2:10-ML-02135 GAF. MDL 2135.

893 F.Supp.2d 1020 (2011)

In re AIR CRASH AT MADRID, SPAIN, ON AUGUST 20, 2008.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

March 22, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis B. Miner , pro hac vice, Enid Duany-Mendoza , Lewis S. Eidson , Colson Hicks Eidson , Coral Gables, FL, Elizabeth Lane Crooke , Walter John Lack , Engstrom Lipscomb & Lack, Los Angeles, CA, Ricardo M. Martinez-Cid , Steven C. Marks , Podhurst Orseck, PA, Michael Scott Olin , Michael S. Olin Law Offices, Miami, FL, Michael T. Gallagher , Gallagher Law Firm, Danny M. Sheena , The Sheena Law Firm, James A. Stegall, III , Kelly W. Kelly , pro hac vice, Newton B. Schwartz , Law Office of Newton B. Schwartz, Sr., Houston, TX, Michael P. Verna , Bowles & Verna, Walnut Creek, CA, Hugh John Totten , Patrick J. Lamb , Shannon P. Bartlett , Valorem Law Group LLC, Manuel von Ribbeck , Monica R. Kelly , Ribbeck Law Chartered, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Amy Furness , Carlton Fields, PA, Francis A. Anania , pro hac vice, Anania, Bandklayder, Baumgarten, Torricella & Stein, Richard M. Dunn , pro hac vice, Cozen O'Connor, Miami, FL, James C. Pettis , Jeffrey W. Morof , Bryan Cave LLP, Santa Monica, CA, Jennifer Wilson Russell , pro hac vice, Bryan Cave , Austin W Bartlett , Brian T. Maye , John M. Kelly , Lisa A. Devlin , Michael Gerard McQuillen , pro hac vice, Adler Murphy & McQuillen LLP, Monica Maria Tynan , Quarles & Brady LLP, Daniel K. Cray , Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC, Jocelyn D. Francoeur , pro hac vice, Michael A. Pope , pro hac vice, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, IL, Douglas E. Winter , Bryan Cave LLP, Jonathan M. Stern , Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP, Washington, DC, Aghavni V. Kasparian , Alan H. Collier , Stephanie Noelle Brie , Suzanne N. McNulty , Fitzpatrick & Hunt, Tucker, Collier, Pagano, Aubert, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Ellen N. Adler , James W. Huston , Kimberly Rhea Gosling , Morrison & Foerster, San Diego, CA, J. Denny Shupe , pro hac vice, Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Dennis M. O'Hara , pro hac vice, Wicker, Smith, O'Hara, McCoy & Ford, PA, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Joseph J. Orzano , Seyfarth Shaw LLP, Leo J. Murphy , Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM & ORDER REGARDING MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FORUM NON CONVENIENS

GARY ALLEN FEESS, J.

I.

INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND

On August 20, 2008, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft operated by Spanair as flight JK5022, crashed during takeoff in Madrid, Spain, killing 154 people and injuring 18 others. (Docket No. 198, Declaration of Thomas K. Dodt ("Dodt Decl.") ¶¶ 3, 6.) Evidence shows that the plane crashed after its takeoff...

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